Corker Bottoms Recreation ground is bounded to the north by Corker Bottoms lane. This road is shown on the Fairbanks plan of 1795. The 1948 6 inch OS map shows a raised sub oval area which may possibly be related to a WW2 gun battery which was in this area. The 1893 25 inch OS map shows a group of buildings in the northwest of the polygon marked as 'Low Corker Bottoms' and having a well. It is probably a farm. The 1st edition map of 1855 also shows buildings at this point and marks the area as 'Manor Pit'. The buildings are probably related to this. Manor colliery is known to have been leased to Messrs Townsend and Furniss in 1774 by the Duke of Norfolk. Prior to this, the area was within Sheffield Park, a medieval deer park. Legibility is fragmentary due to the survival of the road.