This polygon shows the extent of Finningley by 1831 by which time most of the framework of plot boundaries in this area were already established (Alexander 1831). A number of buildings from this period survive (see Magilton 1977, 40-41 for descriptions) within thin this area from the early 19th century or earlier. The density of properties within this area has approximately doubled during the later 19th century with a significant proportion of infilling (mostly of detached properties). Comparison of aerial photography and 19th century mapping indicates that n large number of mature trees and hedgerows in this area may have originated as historic plot and garden boundaries (much of the land intensified for housing in the twentieth century is former allotment and garden land. The village form, as depicted on historic maps, suggests an unplanned coalescence of farmsteads and cottages around a triangular green at the junction of three roads. There is little plan-form evidence for the organised planning of regular ‘burgage type’ tenements.