Historic maps show a series of irregular fields along the edge of Wombwell Wood. These are likely to have been assarted from the ancient woodland. There has been realignment of many of the boundaries within this polygon since the late 20th century. This can sometimes be due to opencast mining in the area but in this case may have been to improve drainage of the land. There is fragmentary legibility of the assarts as the fields nibble the edge of the woodland. There have been Iron Age/Roman earthworks recorded in the polygon.