The Oakwell Brewery expanded to cover this land in the mid 20th century. The brewery ceased to produce beer in 1976 but remained as a distribution centre until 1992. The site was bought by RBNB in 1994 and production resumed in 1997. (Anon 1999 [accessed 16/1/08]). This part of the site was formerly the Beevor Bobbin works. This was in operation from 1852 until the mid 20th century. It was located on the dockside of the Dearne and Dove Canal that was completed in 1804. (Taylor 1993, 41-2). This land was enclosed prior to the drawing up of the 1777 parliamentary award map. It is located on the edge of land known as Swinhill which was a medieval open field (Elliot 2002, 37). This land was probably part of the open field system. There is no legibility of the former uses of this site.