Area of piecemeal enclosure of former open fields which suffered substantial boundary loss in the late 20th century. The exact date of enclosure is uncertain but after the dissolution of the monastery in 1540 the Crown sold off areas of former monastic lands which were gradually enclosed by the dominant land owners in the area (Sykes 1993, 237). There has been some boundary loss since 1855 and the now dismantled railways and new roads have cut through the field patterns in the south of the polygon. There is no legibility of the open fields as they were not enclosed in strips. There is fragmentary legibility of the enclosure pattern prior to agglomeration.