This light industrial area (mostly transport depots) retains its principal streets from its 1851 layout. Along with the area to the south now occupied by the Don Valley Bowl and Arena this area was once part of Attercliffe Common. Probably enclosed as a result of the Attercliffe and Darnall Parliamentary Act of Enclosure in 1810 [awarded 1820] (English 1985) the area was developed as very high density housing (with a strong concentration of back to back housing by the 1891 OS 25 inch survey of the area. Surviving elements from the late 19th century include a number of public houses and the Conservative WMC which is housed in former detached house. Most housing appears to have been cleared by the 1980s.