Private housing estate of mainly detached houses which is first depicted on the 1987 OS map. Prior to this the area was agricultural. Enclosed strip fields, part of the former open field called 'Beck Field" are depicted on the 1st edition OS map of 1854. The south east corner of the polygon was occupied by the railway goods station in the early part of the 20th century. The railway line was along the course of the road. Legibility of the former landscape is invisible.