There has been a market in Penistone since 1699, when it was held in front of the church. In 1903 the Board of Agriculture issued an order prohibiting the sale of livestock in the streets unless they were paved in a way allowing them to be cleaned and disinfected after each sale. The Urban Council believed a purpose built enclosed market was the solution to this but it took several years for a site to be agreed upon and the market built. (Crossland 1995, 230-240) The market opened on its current site in 1910 and continues to host livestock markets. Previously the site was part of the old crofts. There is little remaining to indicate the croft layout but the market does fit within the field boundaries that remained in the early 19th century, so legibility is fragmentary. The east of the market overlies the site of the former Rose and Crown Public House, where the market was expanded in 1933 (Hey 2002,110).