Overton is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Lancashire, created in 1715 from a chapelry in Lancaster St Mary Ancient Parish.
Other places in the parish include: Heaton with Oxcliffe, Middleton, Saltmarshes, and Sunderland.
Alternative names: Overton and Sunderland, Overton with Sunderland, Overton and Sunderland with Saltmarshes
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1719
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1714
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
OVERTON, a village, a township, and a chapelry, in Lancaster parish, Lancashire. The village stands on the river Lune, within the peninsula between it and the sea, 2½ miles NNE of the river’s month, and 3½ SW of Lancaster r. station; and occupies the site of a Roman settlement.
The township contains also the hamlets of Sunderland and Saltmarshes, and bears the name of Overton and Sunderland. Acres, 6,314. Real property, £2,042. Pop. in 1851, 334; in 1861, 305. Houses, 67. The property is divided chiefly between two. The chapelry is conterminate with the township.
The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £155. Patron, the Vicar of Lancaster. The church is ancient and has an open turret.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Lancashire, Overton – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions from St. Helen’s church and churchyard, Overton
Author: Bolton, Josie; Church of England. Chapelry of Overton (Lancashire)
England, Lancashire, Overton – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Overton, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Lancashire, Overton – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Overton, 1678-1840
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Overton (Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of Poulton-le-Sands (Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of Quernmoor (Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of Skerton (Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of Stalmine (Lancashire)
Bishop’s transcripts for St. Mary’s Church, Lancashire, 1675-1849
Author: Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Lancaster, Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of Over Wyersdale (Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of Overton (Lancashire); Church of England. St. John’s Church (Lancaster, Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of Poulton-le-Sands (Lancashire)
England, Lancashire, Overton, St. Helen’s parish registers, 1722-1902
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Overton (Lancashire); Lancashire Records Office (Preston, England)
Parish registers for St. Mary’s Church, Lancaster, 1599-1900
Author: Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Lancaster, Lancashire)
The registers of the parish church of Lancaster
Author: Brierley, Henry, 1846-1933; Leech, Ernest Bosdin, 1875-1950; Flitcroft, J.; Rogers, Colin D. (Colin Darlington), 1936-; Church of England. Chapelry of Overton (Lancashire)
St. Helen, Overton, marriage register, 31st Mar 1754 – 5th Jun 1837, and burial register, 21st Feby 1813 – 23rd Nov 1900
Author: Hampson, Elizabeth
England, Lancashire, Overton – Church records – Indexes ( 4 )
Parish printout of Overton, Lancashire, England
St. Helen, Overton, baptism & burial register, 1797-1813
Author: Hampson, Elizabeth
St. Helens, Overton, baptismal register, 1813-1857
Author: Hampson, Elizabeth; Church of England. Chapelry of Overton (Lancashire)
St. Helens, Overton, baptismal register, 1st Jany. 1813 – 22 Feby. 1857
Author: Hampson, Elizabeth; Church of England. Chapelry of Overton (Lancashire)
Maps
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Administration
- County: Lancashire
- Civil Registration District: Lancaster
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Manchester
- Rural Deanery: Amounderness
- Poor Law Union: Lancaster
- Hundred: Lonsdale
- Province: York