These woodland plantations are depicted on the 1st edition OS map of 1854. They are probably part of the screening plantations associated with the private parkland of Cantley Hall. The original entrance to the estate was on the west near Great North Road. Prior to this, the area was probably part of 'Micklehill Field' and 'Church Field'. These were fields created through piecemeal enclosure. Legibility of the former landscape is invisible.