See also:

• BUILTH, or BUILTH WELLS

BUILTH, or BUILTH See also:

• WELLS
• WELLS, CHARLES JEREMIAH (1798?–1879)
• WELLS, DAVID AMES (1828—1898)
• WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE (1866— )
• WELLS, SIR THOMAS SPENCER, 1ST BART

WELLS  , a See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market See also:

• TOWN

town of Brecknockshire, See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales . Pop. of See also:

• URBAN
• URBAN (Urbanus)

urban See also:

• DISTRICT

district (1901), 18o5 . It has a station on the See also:

• CAMBRIAN

Cambrian See also:

• LINE

line between See also:

• MOAT

Moat See also:

• LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876)
• LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814–1866)

Lane and See also:

• BRECON, or BRECKNOCK

Brecon, and two others (high and See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low levels) at See also:

• BUILTH, or BUILTH WELLS

Builth Road about 14 m. distant where the See also:

• LONDON

London & See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North-Western and the Cambrian See also:

• CROSS

cross one another . It is pleasantly situated in the upper valley of the Wye, in a See also:

• BEND

bend of the See also:

• RIVER

river on its right See also:

• BANK

bank below the confluence of its tributary the Irfon . During the summer it is a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of considerable resort for the See also:

• SAKE

sake of its See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters—saline, chalybeate and See also:

• SULPHUR

sulphur—and it possesses the usual accessories of See also:

• PUMP

pump-rooms, See also:

• BATHS

baths and a recreation ground . The scenery of the Wye valley, including a See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession of rapids just above the town, also attracts many tourists . The town is an important agricultural centre, its fairs for See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep and ponies in particular being well attended . The town, called in Welsh Llanf See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air (yn) Muallt, i.e . St See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary's in Builth, took its name from the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient territorial See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of Buallt in which it is situated, which was, according to See also:

• NENNIUS (fl. 796)

Nennius, an See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent principality in the beginning of the 9th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and later a cantrev, corresponding to the See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred of Builth . Towards the end of the 11th century, when the See also:

• TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

tide of See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman invasion swept upwards along the Wye valley, the district became a lordship marcher annexed to that of Brecknock, but was again severed from it on the See also:

• DEATH

death of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William de Breos, when his daughter See also:

• MATILDA (1046-1115)
• MATILDA (1102-1164)

Matilda brought it to her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband, See also:

• ROGER (d. 1139)
• ROGER (d. 1181)

Roger See also:

• MORTIMER (Family)

Mortimer of Wigmore . Its See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle, built probably in See also:

• NEWMARCH, WILLIAM (1820-1882)

Newmarch's See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, or shortly after, was the most advanced outpost of the invaders in a See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild See also:

• PART

part of Wales where the tendency to revolt was always strong . It was destroyed in 126o by Llewellyn ab Gruffydd, See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of Wales, with the supposed connivance of Mortimer, but its site was reoccupied by the See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln in 1277, and a new castle at once erected .

It was with the expectation that he might, with See also:

• LOCAL

local aid, seize the castle, that Llewellyn invaded this district in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1282, when he was surprised and killed by See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen de Frankton in a See also:

• RAVINE

ravine called Cwm Llewellyn on the See also:

• LEFT

left bank of the Irfon, 22 m. from the town . According to local tradition he was buried at Cefn-y-bedd (" the See also:

• RIDGE (a word. common to many Teutonic languages, meaning " back," whether of a man or an animal, cf. German Rucke)
• RIDGE, WILLIAM PETT (1864- )

ridge of the See also:

• GRAVE

grave ") See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close by, but it is more likely that his headless See also:

• TRUNK (Fr. tronc, Lat. truncus, cut off, maimed)

trunk was taken to See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey Cwmhir . No other important event was associated with the castle, of which not a See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone is now See also:

• STANDING

standing . The lordship remained in the See also:

• MARCHES, THE (It. Le Marche)

marches till the See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act of See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union 1536, when it was grouped with a number of others so as to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the See also:

• SHIRE

shire of Brecknock . The town was governed by a local See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board from 1866 until the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of an urban district See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council in 1894; the urban district was then made conterminous with the See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish, and in 1898 it was re-named Builth See also:

• WELLS
• WELLS, CHARLES JEREMIAH (1798?–1879)
• WELLS, DAVID AMES (1828—1898)
• WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE (1866— )
• WELLS, SIR THOMAS SPENCER, 1ST BART

Wells .