The present character of this polygon is overwhelmingly that of the three educational establishments currently within it and their various playing fields and open spaces. The area however is rich in physical evidence of a complex landscape history. The earliest feature is almost certainly the 'Spring Wood' to the north of the present Abbeydale Grange School (modern buildings c1970). The wood was surveyed archaeologically in 1995 and a number of 'Q-pits' resulting from the production of whitecoal were recorded (Myers 1995) The slope is the product of the escarpment of the underlying 'Loxley Edge Rock' (British Geological Survey 1:50 000 survey 6th edition sheet 100) This feature is depicted from 1851 to the present day. Rapid survey was undertaken in this woodland. The relict field boundaries in the western area of the playing fields almost certainly predate the enclosure act of 1788 (Fairbanks 1788) and were probably formalised at the time of this land's piecemeal enclosure (This act was responsible for the fencing in of the former Holt House Road (now Carter Knowle Road and the extinguishment of common rights along a small ribbon of then unenclosed land on either side - there may be boundary features dating to this period along the road itself). The 1851 map shows 'Holt House' also shown as 'Holt' on Jefferys' 1775 map of Yorkshire. This farm predated the 1808 turnpiking of Abbeydale Road. By 1891 this farm appears to have been demolished and replaced by a high class detached house (also called Holt House) slightly higher up the valley side. The site of the house itself was developed in 1999 with the construction of the small private detached estate of 'Holt House Grove', although the boundary plantings around its garden, which include a number of fine specimen trees, survive around the boundary of the plot. The driveway to Holt House and traces of an earlier track to Carter Knowle Road survive with other relict ornamental features in the grounds of Holt House Infant School (c1955) and the 'Bannerdale Centre' (ex Grammar School). A house contemporary with Holt House, 'Abbeydale Grange' sat in its own ornamental gardens to the immediate south west. Partial legibility of garden and park features.