Middle Mill (

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River Solva The River Solva (Welsh: ''Afon Solfach'') is a small river in Pembrokeshire, Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England borde ...

in the parish of Whitchurch, Pembrokeshire, 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 nor ...

Buildings and amenities

The settlement is centred on the water mill with its iron overshot millwheel. A mill in this location appears on a 1760 map, though the current mill dates to 1781. It is Grade II listed. Roadbridge over the River Solva at Middle Mill - geograph

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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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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. Now called Solva Woollen Mill, it was originally opened in January 1907 and is the oldest working woollen mill in Pembrokeshire.

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