History

The original mill site of Tintern Abbey, founded in 1131, is set amidst breathtaking scenery. Abbey Mill has adapted to the needs and demands of the area over the centuries. Formerly a corn mill and later probably a woollen mill until Abbey and monastic life were suppressed in 1536.

From 1570 mill activites turned to iron-wire works until the early 1800s. Records from 1820 probably reverts the mill back to corn and, at some point, it changed again to a wood turnery, saw mill and builders' store until the mid 1970s. Today Abbey Mill still stands proud for people to enjoy after surviving more than 860 years.

Did you know? .......
....... in Tintern, in the year 1568, brass was first made by alloying copper with zinc