Welcome to Felin Puleston

As you drive down into the Felin Puleston Car Park it is hard to imagine that this was once a thriving community; home to numerous cottages, a shop, and a pub. However, very few original buildings remain. The 17th Century wooden barn was donated to the National Trust and brought to Felin Puleston in 1977. It is now an education centre.

The village was born around 1580 when a mill was built there by Piers Puleston, the community grew up around the mill, of which the las building was converted into a chemical factory which was demolished due to a chemical explosion. The records of births and deaths in the village date back to the sixteenth century. The population in 1891 was 172, but by 1982 it was just 1.

Shoemakers, grocers, pipemakers, coachmakers and maltsters all lived in the village. Up until the 1930s there where fifty or more of these pretty stone cottages all owned by the Yorke family. Unfortunately though, it seems that they were not so pleasant inside, for, after a public enquiry, they were condemned and the residents were rehoused.

Eventually, all the cottages except the one you see today, now owned by the National Trust, were demolished.