Modern offices on the Fair Field recreation ground. This land was the remnant of an area know as the fair field from medieval times. In 1249 a charter was granted to the town allowing "one fair day lasting for four days, viz., the eve of Saint Michael's day and two days hereafter.." (cited in Elliot 2004, 168). Prior to development, this land was enclosed from open fields by the 1799 Barnsley enclosure award (date from English 1985). There is significant legibility of the former surveyed enclosure pattern in the layout of the plots.