'Bentley New Village' represents the model colliery village rapidly developed following the sinking of the first shaft of Bentley Colliery (HSY144) from 1905 - 7. The differing types of housing and plan forms (with both grid iron terraced housing and geometric 'garden village' influenced housing represented by 1930 is suggestive of a change in policy over time with separate instances of development although the lack of OS resurvey in this area between these dates means that it is difficult to phase the development of the 'New Village'. This area is focussed on 'Askern Road' a road depicted on Jefferys' 1775 map of Yorkshire and upgraded in the 1820s as part of the Doncaster - Selby Turnpike (http://www.brierley59.freeserve.co.uk/Askern%20Spa%20with%20Snaith%20and%20Thorne%20Gymes.htm accessed 8 Sept 2006). The housing is of terraced morphology although any are of a type common to mining company developments where the roof line is discontinuous with every group of 4 houses broken by a gable end facing the road. No legibility of former enclosed landscape.