This part of Wincobank Wood had been felled by the time of the 1923 OS survey and since then has been shown as open ground. This land was quarried and colonised as allotments during the 20th century and archaeological traces of these activities may survive within the scrub allowing partial legibility of a previous character type. Wincobank Wood is recorded in historical records from the 16th century, as a Spring Wood, although it is likely to be much older.