In door and out door markets built by 1983 mapping. This land was on the edge of May Day Green, land that was likely to be common from the medieval period. By 1777 the edges of the green had already been encroached upon, probably with squatter settlement. In the 19th century as the town expanded this area filled with some terraces and the Union Foundry which grew to cover much of the area. There was also an electricity works by 1906. There is no legibility of the former industrial sites which were cleared by the 1970s.