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Builth Wells
Builth Wells is a market community and also area in the region of Powys and historical area of Brecknockshire (Breconshire), mid Wales, existing at the confluence of rivers Wye and also Irfon, in the Welsh (or upper) part of the Wye Valley. It has a population of 2,568. Most of the town's structures, consisting of the 1876 Market Hall, were built from rock from Llanelwedd Quarry. Much of the facing as well as various other dressed stone made use of in the building 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, equivalent to some Middle English orthography), implying "ox" with gellt (later gwellt), implying "lea or leas"; the exact same form is used no matter gender of the pet. The community added "Wells" in the 19th century when its springs were promoted as a site visitor destination. Its modern-day Welsh name Llanfair-ym-Muallt indicates "Saint Mary in Ox Leas".
