Commercial centre of Penistone which built up around the success of Penistone market which opened in 1699. A local assessment of the town in 1697 stated that there were no innkeepers and few tradesmen (Hey 2002,103). Inns and shops grew up around the market place and 19th century maps mark several inns and a post office. There have been modern additions and alterations to the shops but a large number of 19th century buildings remain. This area was the historic core of Penistone. The township of Penistone is mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086) and was probably a small settlement at this time. The settlement would have consisted of burgage plots built along the High Street. There is still significant legibility of the lay out of Penistone along earlier roads and some signs of the narrow house plots remains.