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Builth Wells
Builth Wells is a market town and also area in the county of Powys as well as historical region of Brecknockshire (Breconshire), mid Wales, lying 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. Most of the community's structures, including the 1876 Market Hall, were constructed from stone from Llanelwedd Quarry. Much of the dealing with as well as various other dressed stone made use of in the building of the Elan Valley dams was additionally quarried below. The quarry generated the first occurrence of laumontite in Wales. The quarry is presently run by Hanson Aggregates. Builth is a longstanding anglicization of the Old Welsh Buellt/Buallt which incorporates bu be, equivalent to some Middle English orthography), suggesting "ox" with gellt (later gwellt), implying "lea or leas"; the exact same kind is utilized regardless of sex of the animal. The community added "Wells" in the 19th century when its springs were advertised as a visitor destination. Its contemporary Welsh name Llanfair-ym-Muallt means "Saint Mary in Ox Leas".