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Builth Wells has the distinction of having one of the very few post boxes in the United Kingdom bearing the cypher of King Edward VIII, the uncrowned king whose abdication in 1936 caused a constitutional crisis.
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* 1282 – Llywelyn the Last, the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales.
Mayhew reputedly fled his creditors and holed up at The Erwood Inn, a small public house in the village of Erwood, south of Builth Wells.
On 11 December 1282, Llywelyn was lured into a meeting in Builth Wells castle with unknown Marchers, where he was killed and his army subsequently destroyed.
It was performed at the Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells.
Hay-on-Wye, like Builth Wells, has two Norman castles within a short distance of each other.
# Presteign, Builth Wells, Llandovery, Carmarthen
Traditionally running from the river's mouth at Chepstow in Monmouthshire, to Rhayader via Newtown, Presteigne and Builth Wells, a total of 112 miles ( 181 km ) long.
The route passes through Chepstow, the Wye Valley AONB, Tintern, Monmouth, Ross-on-Wye, Symonds Yat, Hereford, Hay-on-Wye, Builth Wells, Rhayader, Llangurug to Plynlimon.
It flows through or past several towns and villages including Rhayader, Builth Wells, Hay-on-Wye, Hereford ( the only city on the River Wye ), Ross-on-Wye, Symonds Yat, Monmouth and Tintern, meeting the Severn estuary just below Chepstow.
The main towns are Brecon, Builth Wells, Crickhowell, Hay-on-Wye, Llanwrtyd Wells, Talgarth and Ystradgynlais.
Nearby towns include Presteigne, Builth Wells, Knighton and Leominster.
Another sharp left turn at a stop sign in Llyswen takes the road alongside the River Wye into Builth Wells.
The A483 continues through Llanwrtyd Wells, Builth Wells ( where it crosses with the A470 ) and Llandrindod Wells.
In 1267 he was granted the lordship of Builth Wells in opposition to the then holder, Llywelyn ap Gruffydd ( the last prince of an independent Wales ).
The Lawrence family came from Builth Wells in Radnorshire.
The outside walls were faced with cut stone brought from quarries at Llanelwedd near Builth Wells and Pontypridd.
Ex-Great Western Railway | GWR William Dean ( engineer ) | " Dean Goods " GWR 2301 Class | 2301 Class 0-6-0 No. 2483 waits at Llanidloes railway station to work a summer afternoon stopping passenger train south towards Builth Wells and Brecon, 29 August 1949
A once daily service from Ludlow to Builth Wells is also operated via Presteigne.
It is situated roughly midway between North and South Wales on the A470, 13 miles north of Builth Wells and 30 miles east of Aberystwyth on the A44-two of Wales ' most important trunk roads.
An extensive bus service connects with outlying villages and neighbouring towns, with two-hourly daytime departures to Builth Wells, Llandrindod Wells, Aberystwyth and Newtown, with connections to Hereford, Shrewsbury, Cardiff and further afield.
Builth Wells () is a town in the county of Powys, within the historic boundaries of Brecknockshire, mid Wales, lying at the confluence of the River Wye and the River Irfon, in the Welsh ( or Upper section ) of the Wye Valley.
Builth and has
Ecclesiastically, the Deanery of Builth has always been part of St Davids / later Swansea and Brecon, rather than St Asaph, the Powys diocese.
However, Builth may have had important significance in Welsh language culture as The Mabinogion was long thought to have been recorded in its final form by medieval monks here and recent historical opinion has shifted to a view that it was written down by a lawyer in Builth.
Builth Wells also has a cricket pitch, tennis courts, a football pitch, a sports centre with squash courts, a 25m swimming pool and a bowling green.
Builth and having
Vortigern, the British ruler alleged to have invited the Saxons to Britain is sometimes said to have owned land in nearby Builth Road on the Radnorshire side of the River Wye ; the site previously having been known as Cwrt Llechrhyd.
The town is served by Builth Road railway station on the Heart of Wales Line, which is located just over a mile to the north, having lost its more central ( Builth Wells ) railway station on the Mid-Wales Railway in the 1960s under the Beeching Axe.
Builth and one
Despite repeated destructive fires, at one time involving a charitable collection in London, Builth Wells grew as a traditional Welsh market town.
Builth and very
Reginald became Lord of Brecon, Abergavenny, Builth and held other Marcher Lordships but was also very much a vassal of the Welsh leader Llewelyn Fawr, Prince of Gwynedd who became his father-in-law in 1215 when Reginald married Llywelyn's daughter, Gwladus Ddu.
The Welsh Black cattle have very little to do with the history of Builth, except in so far as Cardiganshire cattle-drovers drove herds of cattle through Builth to markets in England.
Builth and few
In the next few years Oldcastle held notable positions in the Welsh campaigns of King Henry IV of England against Owain Glyndŵr, including captaincy first over Builth Castle in Brecknockshire and then over Kidwelly.
Builth and Kingdom
As an important component of Rhwng Gwy a Hafren, a political entity referred to in the poems of Taliesin, Builth was regularly at war with the Kingdom of Powys.
Builth and King
William de Braose, ( or William de Briouze ), 4th Lord of Bramber ( 1144 / 1153 – 9 August 1211 ), court favourite of King John of England, at the peak of his power, was also Lord of Gower, Abergavenny, Brecknock, Builth, Radnor, Kington, Limerick, Glamorgan, Skenfrith, Briouze in Normandy, Grosmont, and White Castle.
The existing Builth Castle was built under King Edward I, the construction taking nearly five years in the 1270s.
Previous Welsh rulers had styled themselves in a variety of ways, usually in relation to a certain patrimony like " Lord of Ceredigion " or " King of Builth ".
Builth and Edward
It was begun during Edward I's first Welsh campaign at the same time as work started at Flint, Rhuddlan and Builth Wells.
In 1282 Llweyln fought a final campaign against Edward, ending in the prince's death near Builth that December.
Builth and .
In 1168 he attacked the Normans at Builth, destroying its castle.
The Peace of Middle, agreed on 21 June, established a truce of two years with Llywelyn, who was allowed to retain Cardigan and Builth.
As part of this occupation he instructed his leading nobles to construct eight new castles across the region ; Aberystwyth and Builth in mid-Wales and Beaumaris, Conwy, Caernarfon, Flint, Harlech and Rhuddlan Castle in North Wales.
In addition to the family's English holdings in Sussex and Devon, William had inherited Radnor and Builth, in Wales, from his father Philip.
He also held Totnes in Devon and Radnor and Builth in the Welsh Marches.
He succeeded his father in his various lordships in 1227, including Abergavenny and Builth.
In 1278, he was recorded as travelling to Wales, at which time four new castles were being built: Flint, Rhuddlan, Builth and Aberystwyth.
The county was divided into six hundreds: Builth, Crickhowell, Devynnock, Merthyr, Penkelly, and Talgarth.
Other market towns were Builth, Crickhowell and Hay-on-Wye.
Parishes on the edges of the county were included in unions based in other counties: Builth and Hay on Wye in Brecknockshire and Kington in Herefordshire.
Nor did they alter the administration of the royal lordships of Montgomery and Builth, which retained their existing institutions.
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