This polygon represents the limits of the village of Kexbrough in the 19th century. Up until the mid 20th century the 18th and 19th century buildings dominated the character of the village but by 1965 many buildings had been removed and replaced with modern detached properties this process has continued with later infilling. In the 18th century a number of small courtyard terraces were probably built by land owners to house their work force. These may overlie former medieval farmsteads. Kexbrough was first mentioned in the Domesday Book and was surrounded by a number of townfields which would have been farmed in strips. Farms still remain within this core although the buildings are nearly all dated to the late 20th century. There is a remaining cruck barn however. The remnants of earlier buildings gives fragmentary legibility of the former townscape.