Terraced housing built to house workers at the adjacent steelworks. Corona terrace, in the north east of the polygon, replaced the local Poor house which is marked on 1851 map. This building would have fallen out of use on the construction of the Union Workhouse (HSY6096) in 1859 to the north of Penistone (Higginbotham 2000). The Union Workhouse originates from the 1834 Poor Law which encouraged the construction of large workhouses to house the poor rather than helping them within their homes. It was intended to discourage people from taking help from the local community. The poor house on this site probably pre dates this Poor Law Amendment and may date as far back as 17th century when the 1601 Act made the poor the responsibility of the local Parish. There is no legibility of the poor house as the terracing covered this site.