Most of the buildings along the Main Street of this area of Sprotbrough date to the 18th or 19th century but many may have earlier cores (Magilton 1978, 65). Magilton's comment that the village core has been 'marred by modern infilling' is only more true today with further intensification of settlement further reducing the visibility of the burgage plan with back lane visible until the mid twentieth century in this village. The medieval area of Sprotbrough was larger than this area, with medieval and Saxon settlement deposits demonstrated within the area of the former Sprotbrough Park' the south east of this area by excavations in the early 21st century (Fenton-Thomas 2006). Partial legibility of medieval plan form elements.