Between the 17th and 19th centuries, the Whitebrook valley - like the Angiddy valley at Tintern a few miles to the south - was a centre of intensive water-powered industry. A branch of Tintern wireworks was established here in 1606, and wire working continued to be the main industry of the valley until about 1720. By about 1760, paper mills had taken over, and much of the housing in the valley was built for millworkers around that time. Some of the paper was made from imported esparto grass, brought in via the quay at nearby Llandogo1. Although the industry had ceased by 1880, the valley retains the remains of several old mills, warehouses, dams and leats2. Many of these have now been transformed into desirable residential properties. The village is designated as a Conservation Area3.
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