List of windmills in Wales
This is a list of windmills in Wales.
Locations
Anglesey
There were 49 windmills in Anglesey, the most of any county in Wales.[1]
See List of windmills in Anglesey.
Carmarthenshire
There was one windmill in Carmarthenshire.
Location | Name of mill and grid reference | Type | Maps | First mention or built | Last mention or demise | Photograph |
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Machynys | Machynys Brick & Tile Co Ltd[2] | 1900[2] | 1900[2] |
Ceredigion
There were four windmills in Ceredigion.[1]
Conwy
There was one windmill in Conwy County Borough.[1]
Location | Name of mill and grid reference | Type | Maps | First mention or built | Last mention or demise | Photograph |
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Llandudno | Melin Hen Dŵr SH 804 812 | Tower[3] | Early 18th century[3] |
Denbighshire
There were three windmills in Denbighshire.[1]
Flintshire
There were five windmills in Flintshire.[1]
Location | Name of mill and grid reference | Type | Maps | First mention or built | Last mention or demise | Photograph |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Trefynnon | Groes Onnen | Tower[3] | ![]() | |||
Whitford | Melin Garreg SJ 1336 7826 | Tower[1] |
Glamorgan
There were twelve windmills in Glamorgan,[1] not including the Titt engine.
Location | Name of mill and grid reference | Type | Maps | First mention or built | Last mention or demise | Photograph |
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Caswell Bay[4] | ||||||
Llantrisant | Y Billy Wynt ST 042 835 | Tower[3] | ![]() | |||
Llantwit Major | SS 9614 6856 | Tower[1] | ||||
Llantwit Major | Melin Frampton SS 972 693 | Tower[3] | 1820[3] | ![]() | ||
Monknash | Melin Monknash SS 919 706 | Tower[3] | ||||
Radyr | Titt iron wind engine | 1894[5] | ||||
St Donats | Tower | Standing in 1815 | ![]() | |||
Sully | Hayes Farm Mill ST 1410 6789 | Tower[1] | ![]() | |||
Swansea | Kilvey Hill Mill[6] | Tower[6] | Demolished by 1957[6] | ![]() | ||
Wick | SS 9258 7199 | Tower[1] | ![]() | |||
Wick | SS 924 721 | Tower[3] | 1878 | 1878[3] |
Gwynedd
There were four windmills in Gwynedd[1]
Location | Name of mill and grid reference | Type | Maps | First mention or built | Last mention or demise | Photograph |
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Llanengan | SH 297 275 | tower[3] | ||||
Mynytho | Melin Foel Fawr SH 305 320 | Tower[3] | ![]() |
Monmouthshire
There were two windmills in Monmouthshire.[1]
Location | Name of mill and grid reference | Type | Maps | First mention or built | Last mention or demise | Photograph |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Llancayo | Melin Llancayo SO 365 030 | Tower[3] | 1813[3] | ![]() | ||
Rogiet | Melin Rogiet ST 455 883 | Tower[3] | 16th century[3] | Grade II listed in 1995[7] | ![]() |
Pembrokeshire
There were nine windmills in Pembrokeshire.[1]
Location | Name of mill and grid reference | Type | Maps | First mention or built | Last mention or demise | Photograph |
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Angle | SM 8668 0190 | tower | Early 19th century[3] | Truncated[1] | ![]() | |
Dale | Dale Windmill SM 809 062 | tower[1] | ![]() | |||
Tyddewi | Twr y Felin SM 758 251 | tower[3] | 1806 | ![]() |
Powys
There were two windmills in Powys.[1]
Location | Name of mill and grid reference | Type | Maps | First mention or built | Last mention or demise | Photograph |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bettisfield | Melin Bettisfield SJ 472 349 | Tower[3] | Converted to dwelling | ![]() |
- See also
Maps
- 1878 Ordnance Survey
Notes
Mills in bold are still standing, known building dates are indicated in bold. Text in italics denotes indicates that the information is not confirmed, but is likely to be the case stated.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Gerallt D Nash. "Welsh corn mills – the past, present, … and future?" (PDF). ads.ahds.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ^ a b c "Machynys". Llanelli History. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Windmills of Wales". Windmill World. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
- ^ "Caswell". welshwales.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
- ^ Major, J Kenneth (1977). The Windmills of John Wallis Titt. The International Molinological Society.
- ^ a b c Skilton, Charles (1957). British Windmills and Watermills. London: Collins. p. 32.
- ^ "Old Windmill, Rogiet, Monmouthshire".
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