This polygon is currently subject to major capital works as much of it will soon be occupied by the two carriageways of the new northern section of the Sheffield Inner Relief Road. "In the early nineteenth century, this was a largely residential area ; there had been settlement in this area since at least the early eighteenth century. A railway station was built at the site, opening in 1845, where trains from Manchester terminated. Following the construction of the Wicker Viaduct and the opening of Victoria Station, in 1851, this site became an extensive goods yard." (Extract from Atchison 2002) Fragmentary legibility of 19th century retaining walls. Aitchison considered potential archaeological survival of housing area to be 'high' as a result of the presumed burial of the housing beneath imported material in order to create raised ground for the goods yard.