This recreation ground is a long standing feature first appearing on the 1892 OS map. It replaced fields with straight and regular edges indicative of parliamentary enclosure. The pre-enclosure map of 1796 shows most of the area within Garrow Tree Hill field. The field was still subdivided into open strips. The western part of the polygon was occupied by two enclosures, one called 'Bull Close', the other 'Steel Furnace'. It is unlikely, but nevertheless possible, that this field contained a steel furnace. Legibility of the former landscape is invisible.