This area is shown as a series of small piecemeal enclosures on the Auckley, Finningley and Blaxton enclosure map of 1778. A number of extant hedgerows are depicted on the plan and are probably older than this date. The parish boundary which runs through the polygon also follows the line of an old field boundary. On the 1st edition OS map of 1854 the area is shown as 'Mosham Wood', though it contains some small enclosed areas. The wood increases slightly in size until 1983 when the OS map depicts the southern half as cleared. Legibility of the former landscape is partial due to the survival of hedgerows and the line of the parish boundary.