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
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
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 Melin Trefynnon 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
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]
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
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
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

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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Gerallt D Nash. "Welsh corn mills — the past, present, … and future?" (PDF). ads.ahds.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Machynys". Llanelli History. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Windmills of Wales". Windmill World. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
  4. ↑ "Caswell". welshwales.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
  5. ↑ Major, J Kenneth (1977). The Windmills of John Wallis Titt. The International Molinological Society.
  6. 1 2 3 Skilton, Charles (1957). British Windmills and Watermills. London: Collins. p. 32.
  7. ↑
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