Boundaries within this polygon fossilise earlier plot boundaries from the 1851 OS at which time this area was characterised by small garden plots (probably within earlier strip enclosures). From 1891 until the mid twentieth century this area was occupied by large detached villa housing. The telephone exchange is first depicted on the 1977 OS 1:10000 however the nursing home and surgery post date the 1990 OS edition of the same map. Fragmentary legibility of early property divisions.