Disused for water supply since 1982 due to the hardness of the water produced and the leakage problems associated with the underlying geology. Purchased by Rotherham MBC in 1982 for £1 and managed as a country park. Reservoir originally built to supply Doncaster in 1880. No legibility of the strip enclosures shown on the 1766 plan of the Ravenfield estate (Fairbank 1766). This countryside depicted as enclosed strips on the c1740 'birds eye view' of Ravenfield (Badeslade c.1760) although the layout does not correspond to that of the Fairbanks plan and is probably only indicative.