There has been steady boundary loss in the later half of the 20th century. This was formerly an area of sinuous strip fields enclosed from the open town field. There is fragmentary legibility of this pattern in the surviving field boundaries but the path of former mineral railways and modern roads has disturbed the field pattern. There are surviving earthworks of prehistoric/ roman field systems. There are several 'park' place names in the area, which may indicate there was a medieval deer park or ornamental park associated with Wombwell manor house. There is, however, no documentary evidence of a park.