Council offices built by 1983 mapping on part of the probable medieval crofts associated with the housing along Market Hill and Church Street. Barnsley was moved from its original position at Old Town by the monks of Pontefract some time in the 12th or 13th century (Elliot 2002, 27). This land was cut off from the rest of the croft area by the creation of Eldon Street in c.1822 and was used for allotments. By 1931 the land was the site of Barnsley cattle market. There is no legibility of the past landscape.