These playing fields are within Bessacarr conservation area. Previously the site was marked as a sand pit indicating some mineral extraction had taken place. The area was shown as scrub in 1967 before turning to its preset use. Prior to this, the site was occupied by fields with straight and regular edges indicative of parliamentary enclosure. It formed part of Bessacarr Low and High Fields which were probably farmed as open fields prior to enclosure in 1779 by the 'Cantley, Branton, Bessacarr and (High) Ellers' award. Legibility of the former landscape is invisible.