 Before the Swarcliffe Estate was built, the area contained Winmore Lodge (renamed Winn Moor Lodge in 1893), Penwell House, Hill Top, Spikeland Nook, Swarcliffe Farm, and a parochial school on Stanks Lane South/Barwick Road, which was replaced by Windsor Terrace before 1892.The Leeds to Halton Dial road was turnpiked in 1751.Tolls were collected at the Penny Toll; a toll house on York Road, at the north-eastern border of the area.