NEHL - Carlton Ironworks CC utilised this ground since at least 1880, when the first mention of their club appeared in local newspapers. The actual village sprang up to house the workers five years later, so it may be at most a decade older. The Northern Weekly Gazette of 1880 notes an athletics festival was held here by the committee of the Carlton Ironworks Reading Room, by permission of the cricket club. Handicap hurdle, tug of war, high jump and a cricket match between the married and singles all took place.

The club had been operating for at least 7 years before reforming the club. By 1887 they had also been playing football as a multi-sports club, so renamed themselves the Stillington Cricket and Football Club. In 1887 they had played eleven matches - won five, lost five and drew one. Both sports will have been played on this field.

Curiously, it doesn't appear there were any formal facilities at the ground. Changing rooms may have been provided at the Royal Hotel of the Sunday School nearby.

The ground is still used for sports, though recreationally.