Middle Mill
Village in Pembrokeshire, Wales
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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
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Village Centre, Middle Mill | |
  Middle Mill Location within Pembrokeshire | |
| OS grid reference | SM806258 |
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| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
Buildings and amenities
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]