Dodworth is known from the Domesday Book. In around 1090 ownership was granted to the monks of Pontefract. It may be around this time that the village was restructured so the farms were north and south of the High Street with plots of land running perpendicular to the road. (Sykes 1993, 227). This a pattern which remained into the 19th century when farms were still along the High Street. The High Street follows the route of an ancient right of way which was used to transport salt (ibid, 228). Settlement increased in density in the 19th century, largely consisting of terraced houses. Some of these would have been weavers' cottages as linen weaving was increasing in the area (Hey 1986, 241). Possible former linen weavers cottages remain in the east of the polygon (Bayliss 1995, 54). The 19th century houses dominate the High Street although there has been some modern infilling especially in the rear gardens of properties. There is partial legibility of the Medieval town within this polygon. Parts of some medieval buildings remain.