Terraced housing that built up around the Yorkshire Metal Works. Prior to this the land was part of Mount Osborne Colliery. The colliery was developed within the field pattern of the surveyed enclosure that was part of the 1779 Barnsley enclosure award (date from English 1985). Prior to enclosure this was an area of unenclosed common (Jefferys 1775). There is partial legibility of the former enclosure pattern as the housing is orientated within former field boundaries.