Most of the detached properties that make up this small village were built between 1984 and 1997. Magilton considers the village possibly 'shrunken' (1977, 74) with only 'a few houses strung out along Thorpe lane' at this time, most of which survive to give partial legibility of its 18th century post-medieval character. However the 'absence of a church' cited by the same author as evidence against a larger medieval settlement does not take account of the shrinkage of the chapel which originally included a nave and side chapel (see Ryder in SMR 492).