During Victorian times, the local Lady Cowper visited Greenfield from Wrest Park, and described Greenfield as "an 'End'- 'a long straggly, fenny place with poor housing and rough people. Many were originally squatters and built makeshift houses". There was significant hardship at this time with some families taking bread from charity. There were still "Poor Rights" for the locals which allowed them to cut peat from the Moors for drying and burning. There were ten shareholders of Flitton Moor who paid 15 shillings a share and Greenfield Moor divided into 6 portions at 12 shillings each.