Playing fields built by 1973 mapping. Built on an area of piecemeal enclosure that may have been part of the open fields west of Barnsley. By 1649 these fields had been enclosed as Barnsley is recorded as having four townfields called Churchfield, Old Mill Field and Swinhill field (Elliot 2002, 37). These are marked on historic maps north east of the town. The boundaries of the site give partial legibility of the former field pattern.