A much used green space forming the western edge of the Devonshire Quarter on the outskirts of the city centre. The area was first developed in the 19th century (Taylor shows the street layout being laid out around 1832) as Sheffield expanded to the west. Courtyard housing and back-to-backs are depicted on the 1st Edition OS map of 1855 through to the OS map of 1938. Extensive bomb damage during world war 2 to Chester Street, Dee Street and surrounding buildings led to the clearance of the area to form Devonshire Green. The cycle path to the west which joins Broomall Street loosely follows the line of Broom Hall Lane (now Broomall Street) which leads to Broom Hall and is marked on the earliest maps of the area. The demolition of earlier fabric has left little legibility of the former historic character of this open space. Fairbanks 1795 depicts this area as probable post-medieval strip enclosures associated with a placename spanning several fields of 'West Field'. Likely former townfield.