On the 1st edition 6 inch plan of this area (OS 1854), it already has a character defined by somewhat larger fields than the strip units to the north of Greasbrough (HSY3139) suggesting a different process of enclosure to that land. However the fields do retain curvilinear side boundaries suggestive of an earlier history of open field agriculture. The polygon also contains some dispersed settlement in the form of farms and halls including the timber built 16th century 'Barbot Hall Farm' (SMR PRN 1133); Barbot Hall, thought by Hunter to be the "legitimate successor to the mansion of the mansion of the [Barbot] family" one of the medieval lords of the "divided interest" of medieval Greasbrough. The potential for surviving early phases of settlement at 'Basingthorpe Farm' and 'Gin House' is unknown although both are shown on Thomas Jefferys 1775 map of Yorkshire. Historic map evidence indicates that many of the field boundaries in this area had been straightened and re-laid by 1938 where they had not been completely removed in the course of agricultural intensification. Fragmentary legibility of earlier farmsteads and road patterns.