 The Aikroyds' old mansion was taken down in 1743, and a farmhouse erected on the site, though the mansion's moat remained.Foggathorpe gives its name to the local soil which is dominated by poorly drained, clayey soils of the "Foggathorpe series".Soils of both the "Foggathorpe 1 Association" and the "Foggathorpe 2 Association" are described as slowly permeable seasonally waterlogged stoneless clayey and fine loamy over clayey soils; the poor drainage and seasonal waterlogging creates conditions conducive to rapid surface runoff.