An area of shops along Middlewood Road in Hillsborough. The road formed part of the Sheffield- Langsett turnpike which was instituted in 1805. The newly formed turnpike road travelled through an undeveloped area of valley floor meadows alongside the River Don. There was a ford or stepping stones across the river at the east of the area and it is thought that the name 'Leppings Lane' derives from this. The 1905 25 inch OS map shows the first development in the area with the Don Brick Works. The works was cleared by 1923. The OS map shows the river course has been straightened and runs across the old brickworks site. A picture theatre was constructed facing onto the road in 1919. By 1935 shops have been added alongside the picture theatre. The theatre is currently being reused as a supermarket. Legibility is partial as the supermarket is clearly a reused building.