Since acquisition by the City Council in 1909 (Harman and Minnis 2004) Abbeyfield Park has been a public park for the suburb of Burngreave / Pitsmoor. Two bowling greens added during the 20th century. Previously the grounds of the surviving Abbeyfield House which dates to the late 18th century (ibid.) Significant legibility of private parkland. The 1851 OS labels this building 'Pitsmoor Abbey' however no records of an earlier monastic foundation can be traced for this location.