Terraced housing first mapped in 1894. Built on an area of surveyed enclosure of the former Birdwell Common which was probably enclosed as part of the Worsbrough parliamentary award of 1826 (date from English 1985). There is partial legibility of the earlier field layout as the housing estate fits within the field boundaries. The name Rockingham Row originally referred to houses which were in the south of the polygon until demolition after 1979. These houses may have homed employees at the Rockingham Gas works (HSY6916) which was built at about the same time.