Middle Mill (Welsh: Felinganol) is a small settlement on the River Solva in the parish of Whitchurch, Pembrokeshire, Wales, approximately 1 mile upstream from the coastal village of Solva.
Middle Mill (Welsh: Felinganol) is a small settlement on the River Solva in the parish of Whitchurch, Pembrokeshire, Wales, approximately 1 mile upstream from the coastal village of Solva.
The settlement is centred on the water mill with its iron overshot millwheel. [1] A mill in this location appears on a 1760 map, though the current mill dates to 1781. It is Grade II listed. [1]
A three-arch stone road bridge crosses the river nearby, also Grade II listed and possibly dating back to the late 18th-century (one of its arches is over the mill leat). [2]
There is also a Baptist chapel, originating in the 18th-century, though the existing building dates from 1833. [3]
A commercial woollen mill is in operation in buildings behind the water mill, producing woven goods but currently specialising in making stair carpets. [4] It made a carpet for the Carmarthenshire residence of Charles, Prince of Wales. [4] Now called Solva Woollen Mill, it was originally opened in January 1907 and is the oldest working woollen mill in Pembrokeshire. [5]
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