The Moor
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- This is about the shopping street in Sheffield. For the Quarter, see The Moor Quarter. For the novel by Laurie R. King, see The Moor (novel). For other uses, see Moor (disambiguation).
The Moor is a primary pedestrianised thoroughfare and one of the main shopping streets of Sheffield, England. Along its length lie some of the most popular department stores and it is seen as one of the primary retail cores of the city centre. The street was originally named Sheffield Moor, then in the early nineteenth century was renamed "South Street",[1] but was again renamed in order to avoid confusion with a South Street near Hyde Park. The shops along it were rebuilt in the 1950s following damage in World War II and pedestrianised in the early 1980s with market stalls now occupying the former roadway.
The Moor stretches from Furnival Way, Moorhead to the north to Cumberland Way, Moorfoot to the south, where the former Moorfoot Building blocks the route on to London Road.
In 2008, it was announced that responsibility for the redevelopment of the Moor had passed from RREEF to Artisan.
Castle Market is due to move to the southern end of The Moor.
[edit] References
- ^ Joseph Woolhouse, "A Description of the Town of Sheffield"
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Coordinates: 53°22′35″N 1°28′25″W / 53.37628°N 1.47350°W
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