Area of oldest housing in Worsbrough Dale. The date of the earliest settlement in this area is uncertain but it is possible that there were farmsteads that predated the industrial developments that came with the building of the Dearne and Dove Canal. On historic maps the fields north of this polygon were suggestive of enclosed strip fields. By 1893 maps there was an increase in high density terraced housing. These buildings were mostly replaced in the mid 20th century. There are several surviving examples so legibility of the past townscape is partial.