Parkmill (Welsh: Melin y Parc) is a village in the Gower Peninsula, South Wales, midway between the villages of Penmaen and Ilston, about eight miles (13 km) west of Swansea, and about one mile (1.5 km) from the north coast of the Bristol Channel. The village lies to the north of the A4118, the main South Gower road between Swansea and Port Eynon, in a wooded area, at the bottom of a valley.
The building at the centre of the village is a former school that is now home to the West Glamorgan Girl Guides Activity Centre. Pennard golf course lies immediately to the south of the village. Parkmill is in the Gower ward of the City and County of Swansea.
Parkmill's only religious building is the Mount Pisgah United Reformed Church, a Congregational chapel, erected in 1822 and rebuilt in 1890.
The area is little changed from the mid 19th century, when Samuel Lewis said in his 'A Topographical Dictionary of Wales' (1849):
The hamlet of Park-Mill, forming the most populous part of the parish, [Ilston] is yet extremely rural; and the surrounding scenery, which is characterized by features of tranquillity and seclusion, is enlivened by the small rivulet called Pennarth Pill, winding along a beautiful dell, in which are the ruins of an ancient chapel. On this stream a cloth manufactory was established early in the present century, but it has been discontinued.[1]
The 'cloth manufactory', a 12th-century water-powered corn and saw mill, at Parkmill has since been renovated and a rural crafts centre sited in it, called the Gower Heritage Centre.[2]
^"Iddole – Is-Y-Graig , A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1849), pp. 440–443". British History Online website. University of London & History of Parliament Trust. 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2008.
^"Gower Heritage Centre". Gower Heritage Centre website. Gower Heritage Centre. 2008. Retrieved 6 November 2007.
Parkmill (Welsh: Melin y Parc) is a village in the Gower Peninsula, South Wales, midway between the villages of Penmaen and Ilston, about eight miles (13 km)...
baptismal font was placed there by the saint himself.[citation needed] Parkmill is an inland village between Penmaen and Ilston, on the northern side of...
Middleton Murton Newton Nicholaston Oldwalls Overton Oxwich Oxwich Green Parkmill Penclawdd Pennard Penmaen Penrice Pitton Pitton Green Port Eynon Reynoldston...
Middleton Murton Newton Nicholaston Oldwalls Overton Oxwich Oxwich Green Parkmill Penclawdd Pennard Penmaen Penrice Pitton Pitton Green Port Eynon Reynoldston...
was 538 and 537 in 2011 and also includes the villages and hamlets of Parkmill, Nicholaston and Lunnon. The name of the village is thought to have originated...
Middleton Murton Newton Nicholaston Oldwalls Overton Oxwich Oxwich Green Parkmill Penclawdd Pennard Penmaen Penrice Pitton Pitton Green Port Eynon Reynoldston...
Alexander Masterton of Bad in Perthshire, Masterton near Dunfermline, and Parkmill in Clackmannanshire. She married a lawyer, James Primrose of Barhill, Culross...
Middleton Murton Newton Nicholaston Oldwalls Overton Oxwich Oxwich Green Parkmill Penclawdd Pennard Penmaen Penrice Pitton Pitton Green Port Eynon Reynoldston...
Bay Burry Inlet and Loughor Estuary Caswell Bay Cefn Bryn Common Coedydd Parkmill a Cwm Llethrid Cors Crymlyn - Crymlyn Bog Courthouse Grasslands Fairwood...
Middleton Murton Newton Nicholaston Oldwalls Overton Oxwich Oxwich Green Parkmill Penclawdd Pennard Penmaen Penrice Pitton Pitton Green Port Eynon Reynoldston...
of the pale survive. Prehistoric finds and an Iron Age enclosure (above Parkmill) show the area of Parc le Breos to have been settled by modern humans since...
Abbey Woolen Mill, Swansea Aberdulais Falls, Aberdulais Y Felin Dolwys, Parkmill Mills on the River Wey and its tributaries List of windmills in the United...
Middleton Murton Newton Nicholaston Oldwalls Overton Oxwich Oxwich Green Parkmill Penclawdd Pennard Penmaen Penrice Pitton Pitton Green Port Eynon Reynoldston...
Middleton Murton Newton Nicholaston Oldwalls Overton Oxwich Oxwich Green Parkmill Penclawdd Pennard Penmaen Penrice Pitton Pitton Green Port Eynon Reynoldston...
Middleton Murton Newton Nicholaston Oldwalls Overton Oxwich Oxwich Green Parkmill Penclawdd Pennard Penmaen Penrice Pitton Pitton Green Port Eynon Reynoldston...
Middleton Murton Newton Nicholaston Oldwalls Overton Oxwich Oxwich Green Parkmill Penclawdd Pennard Penmaen Penrice Pitton Pitton Green Port Eynon Reynoldston...
Middleton Murton Newton Nicholaston Oldwalls Overton Oxwich Oxwich Green Parkmill Penclawdd Pennard Penmaen Penrice Pitton Pitton Green Port Eynon Reynoldston...
Middleton Murton Newton Nicholaston Oldwalls Overton Oxwich Oxwich Green Parkmill Penclawdd Pennard Penmaen Penrice Pitton Pitton Green Port Eynon Reynoldston...
to the west of Saint Oswald's Church. The river flows northwest towards Parkmill Farm, where again a weir was constructed to form Brereton Pool. It then...
of Swansea University, Ancient Egyptian artifacts Gower Heritage Centre Parkmill Swansea South Wales Open air Includes 12th-century water powered corn and...
Middleton Murton Newton Nicholaston Oldwalls Overton Oxwich Oxwich Green Parkmill Penclawdd Pennard Penmaen Penrice Pitton Pitton Green Port Eynon Reynoldston...
by the Normans from Sicily, probably in the early twelfth century. Near Parkmill Farm on Parkmoor (NS 4425 2693), Tarbolton in South Ayrshire is a complex...
Middleton Murton Newton Nicholaston Oldwalls Overton Oxwich Oxwich Green Parkmill Penclawdd Pennard Penmaen Penrice Pitton Pitton Green Port Eynon Reynoldston...
(1877-03-25)25 March 1877 Place of birth Swansea, Wales Date of death 8 June 1962(1962-06-08) (aged 85) Place of death Parkmill, Wales Rugby union career...
as a township of the High Hoyland parish with hamlets of Cuttlehurst, Parkmill, Topitt and Spring-Grove. The village has a post office and comprises 1...
Global Information
