Fields which are first shown on 1965 maps. Previously this area was an extensive woodland which is likely to have been cleared from opencast mining. This valley is likely to have been well wooded since at least the medieval period. The domesday record for Worsbrough mentions a large stretch of woodland pasture. In the post-medieval period the wood was probably subject to coppicing. Roger Rockley's will of 1522 refers to ironstone mining in Friartail wood and the making of charcoal (Umpleby 2000, 170) this would indicate the woods were managed as coppice woodland. The later opencast activities have probably removed all traces of ironstone mining. This wooded valley was used for deer hunting in the medieval period (South Yorkshire Forest Partnership 2000 - Bell Bank Wood). There is no evidence of an enclosed park. There is partial legibility of the former woods as some tree cover has built up along the river and the outline of the former woodland remains.