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This is a list of windmills in Wales.

Locations

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Anglesey

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There were 49 windmills in Anglesey, the most of any county in Wales.[1]

See List of windmills in Anglesey.

Carmarthenshire

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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

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There were four windmills in Ceredigion.[1]

Conwy

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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

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There were three windmills in Denbighshire.[1]

Flintshire

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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

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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]
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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Notes

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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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c "Machynys". Llanelli History. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
  3. ^ 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.
  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. ^ a b c Skilton, Charles (1957). British Windmills and Watermills. London: Collins. p. 32.
  7. ^ "Old Windmill, Rogiet, Monmouthshire".
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