Present character dominated by the M1 Motorway which forms the northern limit of this large single field, formed by the loss of internal boundaries within an area of piecemeal enclosure within the former Tankersley Deer Park (SMR 2954), created as a Deer Park by a grant of 'free warren' by Edward I in 1303-4 (Hey 1975, 110). Disimparkment began in the early 18th century with the erection of cottages and conversion of parts to agriculture and others to more aesthetic uses in the new style of 'landscape gardening'. However it is clear that by the late 18th century the potential wealth to be gained from mineral extraction within the park would come to be a dominant influence.