These woodlands are shown in near to their present shape on the 1851 OS. The non steep location and their position between a landscape park and nearby village suggest they have been heavily modified as part of the re-landscaping of Thrybergh park that seems to have been undertaken between the Jefferys' plan of 1775 and the 1851 OS six inch survey. Fragmentary legibility of older sections of the woods - which may have originated as small coppice woods within the medieval Thrybergh Deer Park.