Probably designed as the 'town centre' area of the expanded Dinnington built at the time of the sinking of Dinnington Main colliery (1905-1906), this are is first depicted between 1903 and 1930. The area included terraced shops and houses, a large Methodist church and two theatres the Lyric (opened 1910 as an ice rink and still in use as a theatre) and the Picture Palace (1915 - later converted to a supermarket). 1851 OS shows Laughton Road between enclosed strip fields. No legibility of earlier types.