This polygon follows the extent of the former hamlet of Woodseats (or Upper Woodseats to distinguish it from Nether Woodseats or Woodseats Dale) which dates back to at least the 16th century (it is mentioned in the Elizabethan parish registers studied by Kingston 2004) as shown on Sanderson's map of 1834 and the OS 6 inch Derbyshire survey of 1882. The survival of boundaries from this hamlet are fragmentary - best preserved around 'The Abbey' public house and its bowling green. These early maps show buildings set back from the present roads and show a irregular plan suggesting unplanned development around a possible small common around the junction of the ancient routes of Abbey Lane, Cobnar Road and a route predating but on the approximate route of Chesterfield Road (formalised at the time of its turnpiking in 1795 - Smith 1997). 16th and 17th century Norton parish registers suggest that the hamlets of Woodseats and Woodseats Dale were involved with both agricultural and early industrial activities - with a 24 of the 46 individuals listed between 1560 and 1620 employed in scythe, nail and cutlery manufacturing (Kingston 2004, chap5 p11). The present historic character of the area is mixed, the oldest buildings being 'The Abbey' public house, in existence by 1886, 'The Big Tree' (formerly the Masons Arms) rebuilt 1901 (http://www.rocknroll.force9.co.uk/pubs/woodseats.html) and the former school building at 863 Chesterfield Road in existence by 1882 and probably built for Norton School Board. Most of the earlier cottages of the hamlet are shown from OS maps as having been cleared by the mid twentieth century and the plots either left vacant or replaced by motor garages. Fragmentary legibility of earlier hamlet.