The Abbey Clay Works was founded in the 19th century on the site of an earlier corn mill. The Clay Works is shown on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map, with a truncated mill leat shown to its southwest, which may have served the corn mill.  The Peel to Douglas railway was built through the area in the later 19th century and destroyed the mill site. The water wheel was moved to Kella for reuse however.