Westhouses

Coordinates: 53°07′01″N 1°22′08″W / 53.117°N 1.369°W / 53.117; -1.369

Westhouses is a village within Derbyshire, situated close to the town of Alfreton. It is in the Bolsover district of the county. Named after West House Farm, the settlement was founded in the 1870s.

Railway

The Midland Railway (later the London, Midland and Scottish Railway) was the main employer and landowner. Many roads such as Allport Terrace, Bolden Terrace and Pettifer Terrace were named after Midland Railway directors, and the school was also built and maintained by the company.

Most of the houses were two up and two down, with an outside toilet in the back yard, although the engine drivers' houses were bigger. They did not have mains electricity until the 1950s and were owned by the Midland Railway, later by the British Railways Board until about 1969. There should have been 100 houses by the school but only 75 were built, stopping at 2, Bolden Terrace, making it a semi-detached house by accident.