Non nucleated settlement in the style of Sykehouse and Fishlake Lanes, where settlement seems to have followed road patterns. Present fabric contains a high proportion of mid 18th century and 19th century buildings. Magilton states "No Domesday mention of these places [Fenwick and Ladythorpe] occurs, and the history of settlement in this area is obscure. . . The existence of two moated sites and the extensive remains of [ridge and furrow] might be taken to imply a fairly large community of peasants, but the area of settlement, if ever nucleated, cannot be defined." (Magilton 1977, 40).