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Trefin

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The medieval mill, built for use by the bishops in and located in a rocky cove, was used for roughly 500 years by the local populace until 1918 when it was closed due to cheaper wheat imports from abroad impacted the mill's production. When operating, the wheat at the mill was milled to produce flour
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By the 1900s cheap grain was being imported from overseas and milled in larger mills in towns and cities, leading to the closure of Aberfelin mill in 1918. The mill stones remain in the ruins of the roofless mill.
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homes built for "sea captains". The other main industry during this period alongside farming and shipping, were the mechanised slate quarries near the coast, expanded in the 1860s, with its resources exported from
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service, part of the Pembrokeshire Greenways public transport service. Carreg Samson, a Neolithic burial chamber is located nearby, between the village and Abercastle. Trefin lies within the
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in Wales and was restored in 1936. The other chapel, the Baptist Chapel was built in 1840, rebuilt in around 1870 and served as a branch of Croesgoch.
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Two chapels were built in the village. The first the Trefin Calvinistic Methodist Chapel built in 1786 (rebuilt in 1834), became a centre for the
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Trefin is a small village of around 130 people, and houses a weaving centre, The Mill cafe, two chapels (both now closed), a pub
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From the 1800s, most of the village was rebuilt with a mix of early 1900s cottages and larger
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MBE (born 1969), singer, songwriter, author and broadcaster
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Photos of Trefin and surrounding area on geograph.org.uk
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The historic centre of the village was designated as a
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The name "Trefin" possibly derives from "Tref" meaning
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Welsh

Trefin is located in Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire
OS grid reference
SM8230
Community
Principal area
Pembrokeshire
Country
Wales
Sovereign state
Post town
Haverfordwest
Postcode district
SA62
Dialling code
Police
Dyfed-Powys
Fire
Mid and West Wales
Ambulance
Welsh
UK Parliament
Preseli Pembrokeshire
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
Preseli Pembrokeshire
UK
Wales
Pembrokeshire

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