Area of fairly mixed date. There are many surviving post-medieval buildings including a number of farms. There has been some later infilling and rebuilding particularly in the grounds of Brierley Hall. Brierley is probably an early Saxon settlement (Harrison & Watson 2006 [22/11/07]) that is mentioned in the Domesday Book. The typical medieval village layout of house plots associated with a long thin garden plot is still visible in parts of the village giving partial legibility of the former townscape.