Large detached and semi detached housing first depicted on the 1935 25 inch OS map. Prior to this the area is largely rural in character with scattered housing amongst fields with the characteristics of piecemeal enclosure. The roads and field boundaries depicted on the 1st edition OS map of 1855 are to some extent still reflected in the layout of larger plots. Legibility is fragmentary due to this. The polygon is located in the possible area of the medieval village of Hallam. Although it is uncertain whether a nucleated village called Hallam existed at the location (or at all), the adjacent field morphology is indicative of medieval open fields which strongly suggests some sort of settlement.