The Wicker - the main road leading north from Sheffield. It was turnpiked in 1759. The road is lined with shops, take-aways and pubs and forms a commercial area just on the outskirts of the centre of Sheffield. In 1784 an act of parliament was obtained to reform Sheffield's market place (Hey, 1998, 13). The beast market was moved to this location from (the renamed) Haymarket in town. Prior to this the area was situated at the northern limit of the medieval town, just beyond Lady's Bridge. The area was known as Assembly Green. This was taken from the practice of the towns men having to muster on the site once a year. The name Wicker first occurs in 1379 (Smith 1961, 207) and may just refer to a wicker tree or osier by the river. Legibility is fragmentary as the site is still used for trade purposes.