Sandall Park was first opened to the public in 1940 on the site of a former brick works. Some of the clay extraction pits have been reused as the boating lake. On the 1st edition OS map of 1854 there is a farm named 'Sandall Grange'. Roche Abbey is known to have had lands in the area and it is possible that this may have been the actual location of Sandall Grange. Legibility is partial due to the re-use of the clay extraction pits as the boating lake.