The main shopping area in Crookes. This is also focused on the historic settlement of Crookes as depicted on the 1st edition OS map of 1855. The settlement developed in a linear fashion along the top of the hill. The name Crookes derives from the old Norse word for nook or corner of land and is first recorded in a document of 1297. Prior to the development of the village and its incorporation as a suburb of Sheffield, the area existed largely as a collection of farm houses and vernacular cottages. It is probable that the more commercial character was assumed with the development of the terraced housing. Legibility is fragmentary as old routes remain although lined with later buildings.