Historic maps show 18th and 19th century farm buildings and cottages. There has been substantial demolition of these buildings by 1966 and most of the houses currently within the polygon date to the 1970s and 1980s. This polygon forms part of the historic core of Bolton. Bolton upon Dearne was an established settlement by the medieval period and has been considered to be a wealthy parish at the time of the Domesday survey (Hunter 1828, 381). The settlement was probably formed by the Anglo-Saxons (Hey 1979, 22) and the church retains features from this date. There is no clear legibility of a structured medieval croft and toft pattern. There is also little legibility of the 19th century townscape although the road pattern survives.