Modern housing partially under construction on 2002 aerial photographs. Built on land that was part of the unenclosed common in the medieval period. It was probably part of the parliamentary enclosure award of 1809 (date English 1985). The West Silkstone Colliery opened in 1855 and was in operation till 1912. It reopened in 1921 only to be abandoned in 1922 (Gill 2007b). 1931 mapping shows a Barytes and Chemical Works on the site which has been replaced by further mine working and spoil heaps by 1965. The modern housing has removed all traces of the industrial activity on the site but retains the external boundaries which have stayed the same since 1851 maps so legibility is fragmentary.