There were watermills at two sites in Hawarden, the earliest was further downstream and lost before the lake was created at Hawarden Castle.
There may have been a mill on this site in the 1200s but the earliest definitive location record I can find is for a mill built here by millwright Charles Howard in 1767 for Sir John Glynne.
It had to be rebuilt in 1777 after a fire. At some point steam power was introduced and it's likely the mill had an attached saw mill.
Abandoned in the 1940's. The mill pond is largely silted up and the stream has formed a path to the original overspill sluice, which is now gateless.
There is a stone and brick leat in good condition but no launder. The wheelhouse along with a composite overshot wheel remain but are deteriorating quickly.
A cast iron Hurst frame with gears, drive wheels and three pairs of French burr stones lie on, and partially burried in, the ground since a fire destroyed the upper stories around 50 years ago.
Hurst frame
Wheelhouse and wheel
Chimney from later steam mill
Overspill sluice
Leat
There may have been a mill on this site in the 1200s but the earliest definitive location record I can find is for a mill built here by millwright Charles Howard in 1767 for Sir John Glynne.
It had to be rebuilt in 1777 after a fire. At some point steam power was introduced and it's likely the mill had an attached saw mill.
Abandoned in the 1940's. The mill pond is largely silted up and the stream has formed a path to the original overspill sluice, which is now gateless.
There is a stone and brick leat in good condition but no launder. The wheelhouse along with a composite overshot wheel remain but are deteriorating quickly.
A cast iron Hurst frame with gears, drive wheels and three pairs of French burr stones lie on, and partially burried in, the ground since a fire destroyed the upper stories around 50 years ago.
Hurst frame
Wheelhouse and wheel
Chimney from later steam mill
Overspill sluice
Leat
