In 1830, Alderman Sheardown, agreed to sell land to the Doncaster Corporation to enable the building of a new road, linking High Street with Printing Office Street.

William Hurst laid out the road and designed the chapel to the southern end and the terraces. It was given the name of Priory Place, its name derived from the Carmelite Priory that had existed on the site, (until it was pulled down when Henry VIII between 1536 and 1541, dissolved the monasteries).

At one end of Priory Place and on Printing Office Street is the Priory Methodist Church, designed by William Hurst in 1830 to 1832, and together form a fine piece of the townscape.

Priory Place, when first built was all townhouses, which extended only part-way along the central section of the street due to the presence of existing properties fronting onto High Street and Printing Office Street. The eastern terrace was built first followed by the western terrace, which was not completed for many years.

Now the street is virtually all shops and offices, including the magnificent Post Office Building.

In 1832, Priory Place Methodist Church was built, it seated some 1300 people, and it was regularly used and well attended. The chapel is noted for having some interesting stained glass.

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As you walk back to the High Street we can see Jordans Solicitors at Number 4 Priory Place

These buildings form the western terrace and were built many years later than those on the eastern terrace.

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