Victorian shopping precinct. Eldon Street was built in c.1822 but the shops didn’t develop until the late 19th/ early 20th century. This was previously 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) and set out as a planned settlement. There is partial legibility of the croft pattern in the layout of the buildings.