The cattle market in Penistone took place in the streets around the front of the church up until 1910 when a new purpose built market place was constructed (HSY6157). Now this area of buildings are reused as the commercial shopping centre of Penistone. In 1290 Sir Elias de Midhope, the lord of the manor at Langsett was granted the right to hold a market in Penisale (thought to be near Langsett). Long after this fair ceased to exist Godfrey Bosville of Gunthwaite tried to revive the old charter to open a market in Penistone. There were complaints from the markets of Barnsley and Huddersfield so a new charter was applied for and gained. The market opened in 1699 (Crossland 1995, 230-231). The buildings on this site built up gradually. Penistone Cloth Hall was built in 1763 because of the success of the market. This made Penistone an important centre for trade for the local woollen industry (Hey 2002, 103). Other market buildings and inns built up in the late 18th century. These buildings survive well and are reused as shops. Before 1699 this area was probably a village green in front of the church. The market buildings and roads probably retain the shape of the medieval green giving fragmentary legibility of the previous landscape. It is possible that although there was no charter for a market in Penistone before that date trading occurred in this area. Within the church yard there is the base of a possible medieval market cross.