This block contains a mixture of shops and businesses interspersed with areas of scrub that have been cleared of buildings. This probably occurred during the slum clearances of the 1960s. From the middle of the 19th century onwards the site was occupied by terraced, back-to-back and courtyard housing. A few small workshops were intermingled with the housing. Archaeological potential for 19th century housing on the scrub areas is high. Before the housing, the area sat on the outskirts of town and is shown on the 1st edition OS map as gardens or allotments. The Fairbanks plan of 1795 shows a series of small irregular fields, probably created by assarting Shales Moor. Legibility of earlier types is invisible.