| Type: | town |
| Millfield | |
| State: | nsw |
| Coordinates: | -32.8817°N 151.2678°W |
| Pop: | 1006 |
| Postcode: | 2325 |
| Dist1: | 12 |
| Dir1: | SW |
| Location1: | Cessnock |
| Lga: | City of Cessnock |
| Stategov: | Cessnock |
| Fedgov: | Hunter |
Millfield is a town in the City of Cessnock municipality of New South Wales. It had a population of 1,006 as of the .
Millfield contains a general store and the historic Rising Sun Inn, which now operates as a museum.[1]
Millfield Public School opened in 1868.[2] The school had an enrolment of 62 students in 2015.[3] A second school in Millfield, Crawfordville Public School, operated from 1929 to 1970.[4]
Millfield Post Office opened in 1854.[5]
St Luke's Anglican Church was built in 1880.[6] It was flagged for potential closure and sale in June 2018 as part of a diocese plan to raise funds for redress of survivors of child sexual abuse, with services to be consolidated with St John's Church in Cessnock.[7] [8] The church had absorbed the congregation of St. Thomas's at Ellalong when that church closed in 2014.[9]
Millfield Cemetery, located in Hayes Road, is managed by the Cessnock City Council.[10]
A new 100-lot residential development, the Rosehill Estate, was released for sale in May 2017. The development was controversial: the original plan for 700 houses did not go ahead, and 500 residents signed a petition against the revised plan on the grounds of overdevelopment of the historic village; however, the rezoning was approved in 2014, with a subsequent council rescission motion lost by one vote. A further 222-block development is proposed off Mount View Road. This has also been the source of controversy, as residents have protested that it could almost double the population of the village.[11] [12] [13] [14]
Millfield has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: