This polygon traces the extent of the core settlement of the village of Dore, as shown by the 1877 edition (Derbyshire) OS map and on Sanderson's map of 1835. Dore is traditionally thought to be the place where in AD 827 Ecgbert, King of Wessex, met the Northumbrians and accepted their subjection. The present village lies on the boundary between the former Saxon kingdoms of Mercia and Northumbria (until the twentieth century the boundary between Yorkshire and Derbyshire). However, the link between this meeting and Dore remains insecure. Its only known reference is within the Anglo Saxon Chronicle, which was not compiled until c890 (Ingram 1996). Dore is mentioned in Domesday as part of the lands of Roger de Busli who also held much land in Sheffield. The present village retains the probably ancient street pattern shown on the 1835 Sanderson map. The pattern is irregular with little evidence for burgage plots. A number of older stone built vernacular cottages and farmsteads are retained from the 17th through to the 19th centuries, with the majority listed. The twentieth century has seen the demolition of some important earlier buildings including the early post-medieval Dore Hall, and the erection of some out of character buildings such as the late 20th century housing in the north east of the polygon. Important institutional buildings include the listed former village school on Savage Lane (dating to 1821), and Christ Church, dating to 1175 and built near the site of an ancient chapel (HSY 3815) built around 1175. There is partial legibility of the former small unplanned village form.