Melin Bompren
| Melin Bompren | |
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Glamorgan | |
|---|---|
 Melin Bompren in St Fagans | |
| Type: | Watermill |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST11567714 |
| Location: | 51°29’12"N, 3°16’33"W |
| History | |
| Built 11853 | |
| Watermill | |
| Information | |
Melin Bompren is a water-powered corn mill, which was originally located at Cross Inn in Cardiganshire, but which was later dismantled and carried piece by piece to its current location, at the St Fagans National History Museum in Glamorgan, just to the west of Cardiff.
The name of the mill is Welsh, essentially meaning "Woodenbridge Mill": the Welsh Y Bont Pren ("the wooden bridge") became the Bompren.
The mill was built in 1853 to grind |corn into flour.[1] It also has a kiln attached, which was used for drying oats when the mill was in its original location.[2]
The mill went out of use in 1957. In 1970 a decision was made to move it to St Fagans, where it opened to the public in 1977.
The mill is sometimes occupied by a skilled miller, who operates the grinding mill and explains its workings to visitors.[3]
References
- ↑ Historical Buildings - St Fagans National History Museum: Bompren Corn Mill. Accessed 1 October 2013
- ↑ Welsh Mills Society: Melin Bompren at St Fagans. Accessed 1 October 2013
- ↑ Gathering the Jewels: The Melin Bompren Corn Mill, St Fagans. Accessed 1 October 2013
- Welsh Folk Museum, Melin Bompren Corn Mill: At the Welsh Folk Museum, St Fagans, Cardiff (1977). ISBN 978-0854850426