The settlement at Wombwell Main was built by 1893 mapping. It housed the work force at the nearby Wombwell Main Colliery (HSY7107). Built on an area of surveyed enclosure of a former medieval open field. This was probably enclosed as part of the 1767 Wombwell enclosure award (date from English 1985). The terraced houses of the original settlement had been knocked down by 1989 and they have now been replaced by small detached properties. There is no legibility of the former enclosed landscape or the earlier housing.