Builth Wells
Builth Wells is a market town and also neighborhood in the area of Powys as well as historic region of Brecknockshire (Breconshire), mid Wales, existing at the convergence of rivers Wye and also Irfon, in the Welsh (or upper) part of the Wye Valley. It has a population of 2,568. Many of the town's structures, consisting of the 1876 Market Hall, were built from rock from Llanelwedd Quarry. Much of the dealing with as well as other dressed rock utilized in the building and construction of the Elan Valley dams was additionally quarried below. The quarry created the first occurrence of laumontite in Wales. The quarry is presently run by Hanson Aggregates. Builth is a historical anglicization of the Old Welsh Buellt/Buallt which incorporates bu be, comparable to some Middle English orthography), meaning "ox" with gellt (later gwellt), implying "lea or leas"; the exact same type is made use of regardless of sex of the animal. The town added "Wells" in the 19th century when its springs were promoted as a visitor tourist attraction. Its modern-day Welsh name Llanfair-ym-Muallt means "Saint Mary in Ox Leas".
