Adrian Phillips, in the book The Warminster Trail, compiled for the Warminster Festival 1989, and published by Aris & Phillips Ltd., wrote:
Behind the coach house [of Byne House] [at Church Street], through the modern archway along side it, is a row of cottages called Byne Cottages, originally built for weavers when they used hand looms in their own homes. They [Byne Cottages] ceased to be used for this purpose in 1824. This marked the death of the cloth industry in the town.