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"OVERTON, a township in the parish of MALPAS, higher division of the hundred of BROXTON, county palatine of CHESTER, 1½ mile (N. W.) from Malpas, containing 101 inhabitants. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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- Overton was a township in Malpas ancient parish, Broxton hundred (SJ 4748), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- It included the hamlet of Kidnal (part).
- The population was 97 in 1801, 122 in 1851, 122 in 1901, 101 in 1951, and 68 in 2001.
- In 2015 the civil parish was abolished and incorporated into Malpas.
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- Wrexham (1837-53)
- Whitchurch (1853-1937)
- West Cheshire (1937-74)
- Chester & Ellesmere Port (1974-98)
- Cheshire West (1998-2007)
- Cheshire (2007-09)
- Cheshire West & Chester (2009-15)
- Broxton (1828-1974)
- Chester (1974-2001)
- Chester, Ellesmere Port & Neston (2001-12)
- West Cheshire (2012-15)
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- 2015 April 1 — Abolished and incorporated into Malpas.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ522770 (Lat/Lon: 53.287799, -2.718481), Overton which are provided by:
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- Whitchurch Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
- Malpas Rural District (1894-1936)
- Tarvin Rural District (1894-74)
- Chester (1974-2009)
- Cheshire West & Chester (2009-15)