James Pryce Court Farm Aberedw 1906

Tragic Affair at Llanstephan. The Rev. J. Wyndham Jones, Congl. minister, of…

English: Builth Wells bridge Main A483 river crossing in Builth Wells (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Bealt, Beauhalt, or Builth, is situated in a most delightful spot, on the river Wye.  That it is a place of great antiquity is indisputable, though the learned are not agreed whether it was the Ballaeum Sylurum of the Romans, or not; however, that it was one of their stations is evident, from there being still some remains of a camp; and pavements, with other pieces antiquity, have been discovered at different periods.  The Britons, when they fled into these parts from the superior power of the Saxons, built a strong castle here, to prevent the incursions of their merciless enemies.  But, the English having taken possession of it soon after the Norman conquest, one of the Welsh princes seized upon it, and laid the whole in ashes.