First shown as a recreation ground on the 1967 OS the plot boundaries that define the recreation area, bowling green and tennis court were first established as the grounds of 'Netherfield House' a detached villa which is depicted from 1891 until 1935 on this site. (The site of the house is visible as a parch mark in the centre of the present bowling green on the Cities Revealed aerial photography (1999)). Partial legibility of former residence.