Semi-detached housing in Stannington. The housing develops to the east of the old village and much of the new housing fits within the boundaries of two or three fields. This is probably a response to the topography. Before the expansion the landscape contained scattered farmsteads amidst a host of irregularly shaped fields probably created through piecemeal enclosure. Legibility is fragmentary as some of the streets fit within old fields and some scattered older farm buildings survive. The origin of the moorland landscape is uncertain though this area is likely to be moorland by the Roman period (see Bevan 2003 for discussion of environmental evidence).