These allotments, many of which are currently under cultivation first appear on the 1923 (north of Rivelin Valley Road) and 1935 (South of Rivelin Valley Road) 25 inch OS data sets. The coherence of the present character type is reduced as a result of the level of scrub regeneration however there is partial legibility of the preceding character of surveyed, and probable Parliamentary enclosure - the ruler straight boundaries of which formed the basic framework within which the original allotment plots were drawn. The parliamentary award for Hallam was enacted in 1805 (English 1985, 62). It is possible that this land was previously held as common grazing.