This row of terraces is first depicted on the 1892 OS map. They were probably constructed for workers at the adjacent Fence Colliery. The allotment gardens and recreation ground are contemporary and were provided for the welfare of the workers by the company. The 1st edition OS map of 1855 shows the plot occupied by three fields. Legibility of the former landscape is fragmentary as the recreation ground preserves the area of one of these fields.