Spa
Llanwrtyd Wells was once a spa town following the discovery of waters with healing properties in 1732, by the Reverend Theophilus Evans. (In 1740 the curate appoined to Reverend Evans was Wales' most famous hymn-writer William Williams Pantycelyn.)
The spa was referred to as "Ffynnon Ddrewllyd" (English: "Stinking Well") because of the strong smell of hydrogen sulphide gas. The spa is located at the site of the Dol-y-Coed Hotel., now the home of Charcroft Electronics.
Spa fashion reached its peak in the Victorian era and many of the hotels in the town Wells date back to that time. The Belle Vue Hotel, the only purpose-built hotel in Llanwrtyd, was built in 1843.
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