Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for COLD-OVERTON

COLD-OVERTON, a parish in the district of Oakham and county of Leicester; at the boundary with Rutland, near the Syston and Peterborough railway, 3½ miles WNW of Oakham. Post town, Oakham. Acres, 1, 657. Real property, £2, 714. Pop., 97. Houses, 19. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £300.* Patron, T. Frewen, Esq. The church is old but good, and has a tower and spire.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Cold Overton CP/AP       Leicestershire AncC
Place: Cold Overton

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