Totley Brook Road was initially laid out for speculative development by 1877 (when it was depicted with plots on either side. However the deep cutting for the approach to the Totley Tunnel to the south west (built 1888-93) bisects the original plan for this development causing the diversion in course that now takes place halfway along this road. Some development is in evidence by 1899, but most took place between the OS surveys of 1899 and 1923. No legibility of earlier landscapes.