This polygon, incorporating both terraced housing (to the north) and semi detached housing (to the south) preserves in the boundaries between properties the lines and boundaries between the former strips of open field cultivation. St Michael's Field (see also HSY1170), which formerly extended to the north, south and west (on the far side of Cross Lane) is shown as unenclosed on the 1851 OS. Hey (1979, 84) mentions a 'St Michael's Chapel' "...which stood in the middle of the field..." probably a medieval chapel of ease at some point along 'Cross Lane'. On the 1892 map St Michael's field is depicted as still unenclosed with the outlines of strip fields depicted as dotted lines - The area is described as 'allotment gardens'. By 1925 the strips have been formalised with the surviving boundary hedges (fossilising the outlines of the strip plots) - land at the street frontage has been developed for housing while some strips to the rear have been subdivided into more typical allotment units. The properties in this polygon mostly predate 1938 with minimal later infill. The property boundaries within this polygon (especially those of the larger gardens to the southernmost (semi detached) properties are a significant example of historic processes imbedded in an evolving landscape.