The name tells us what they were; the houses where the Overmen in the mine, (just behind the row of houses) lived. An Overman was literally a person who was in charge of a group of men (like a foreman). The local name for these houses was ‘hoss muck terrace’. This was because all the manure brought out of the mine was piled across the road from these houses, the aroma on a warm summer day drifted for quite a way! Joan Webster tells us: ”My uncle Bill (Bill Peirson) was a electrician at the mine and he lived in the end cottage of Overman’s cottages.” This images dates from the period before the southern end two cottages were removed to make way for the wooden flyover which carried ore from the mine to the works at Carlin How, the terrace was originally called Bowbridge Terrace.
Image courtesy of the Pem Holliday Collection and many thanks to Joan Webster for the update; additional information courtesy of Pem Holliday.
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