Thomas Keresforth founded a school in Barnsley in 1660. The buildings were altered and additions made in the 18th and 19th centuries (ASWYAS 2000). The building is now used as an art gallery and adjoined by the College of Art and Design. This area is within the medieval planned settlement that ran along Church Street and Shambles Street. The town was relocated to this area by the monks of Pontefract by the 13th century from its original position further north west (Old Town). (Elliot 2002, 37). The position along Church Street gives partial legibility of the past townscape.