Middle Mill (

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: ''Felinganol'') is a small settlement on the

River Solva The River Solva (Welsh: ''Afon Solfach'') is a small river in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Its source is a few hundred metres southeast of Croesgoch and flows ten miles before reaching Solva Harbour and St Brides Bay. It passes through mainly agricultu ...

in the parish of Whitchurch,

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, Wales, approximately 1 mile upstream from the coastal village of

Solva Solva ( cy, Solfach) is a village, community and electoral ward in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The village comprises principally Lower Solva and Upper Solva. The community also includes Middle Mill and Whitchurch. Location Solva lies on the north ...

Buildings and amenities

The settlement is centred on the water mill with its iron overshot

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. A mill in this location appears on a 1760 map, though the current mill dates to 1781. It is Grade II

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Roadbridge over the River Solva at Middle Mill - geograph

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

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). There is also a

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chapel, originating in the 18th-century, though the existing building dates from 1833. A commercial woollen mill is in operation in buildings behind the water mill, producing woven goods but currently specialising in making

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s. It made a carpet for the

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residence of

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. Now called

Solva Woollen Mill Solva Woollen Mill is a woollen mill in the village of Middle Mill, about one mile from Solva, Pembrokeshire, Wales, that has been in operation since 1907. History Solva Woollen Mill claims to be the oldest working woollen mill in Pembrokeshire. ...

, it was originally opened in January 1907 and is the oldest working woollen mill in Pembrokeshire.

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