In 1815 a mill for winding silk was built; this failed, and in 1820 it
was opened as a lace factory. This also proved unsuccessful, and in 1837
it was opened as an India rubber factory, and was the means of providing
work for hundreds of people.
Some years ago half of this factory and Silk Mill-terrace was sold at
auction to the Licensed Victuallers’ Company. This half has lately been
taken down and Pembroke-terrace, as it was afterwards called, converted
into shops and Parr’s Bank.