Although in places altered these large detached properties are first depicted on the 1851 OS. Opposite Christ Church (1850) they stand in large gardens and are (from north to south) the Bay Horse Inn, a former National School (1836) and a series of substantial villas (See Harman and Minnis 2004 for a fuller description of this part of Pitsmoor Road). This area is probably former moorlands. The area gets its name from ore pits which were once exploited on this moor.