Terraced housing built on the crofts associated with the medieval settlement at Wombwell. This housing was part of the 19th and early 20th century expansion of the town. The opening of the Dearne and Dove Canal in 1804 gave a wider market for the areas coal (Glister 1995, 118). A number of large collieries opened around Wombwell in the mid 19th century, which drove a significant population expansion. There is fragmentary legibility of the croft layout in the orientation of the terraces, some of which were built within the surviving strips.