 The fact of Wakefield having erected a trading hall in 1710 was almost certainly a driver of change.The new hall opened on 22 May 1711, and lasted for 65 years before being removed to a new site in the Calls, and later at the time of the railways to the present trading hall.In 1758 a coloured or mixed cloth hall was built near Mill Hill – a quadrangular building by , with capacity for 1800 trading stalls, initially let at 3 guineas per annum, but later trading at a premium of £24 per annum.