Wilfred Middlebrook, in his newspaper serialisation The Changing Face Of Warminster, in 1971,* noted:
Pound Street
Pound Street takes its name from the pound or enclosure in which straying cattle or horses were impounded in olden days. It forks to the left at West End [the junction of Vicarage Street and West Street], climbing the hill on the old road to the Common, a narrow street with many old cottages, some of them built specially for workers of the old silk factory many years ago. Gaps, where condemned houses have been demolished, give an open view on to the council housing estates of Princecroft and Westleigh, which are bordered by Pound Row, and there are threats of demolition to others that stand in the way of modern housing expansion. In days gone by, a turnpike, known as The Common Gate, barred Pound Street at the top of the hill from free entry from the Common.
*Republished in book form by Bedeguar Books in March 2003.