Overton St Mary Flintshire Family History Guide
Overton St Mary a Parish in the county of Flintshire, originally in the diocese of Chester it was transferred to the diocese of St. Asaph in 1849.
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Nearby Parishes
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- Ellesmere
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Overton St Mary Parish Registers
Search online registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials including digitised images of original records and registers and indexed transcriptions.
Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of baptism, marriage, and burial records.
Overton St Mary, Cheshire Church of England Bishop’s Transcripts – Baptisms – 1781-1838
Marriage and Banns Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.
Overton St Mary, Cheshire Church of England Bishop’s Transcripts – Marriages and Banns – 1781-1838
Death and Burial Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.
Overton St Mary, Cheshire Church of England Bishop’s Transcripts – Burials, 1781-1838
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
OVERTON, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in the district of Ellesmere and county of Flint. The village stands on an eminence adjacent to the river Dee, 2 miles N of the boundary with Salop, and 4½ NNW of Ellesmere r. station; was known at Domesday as Ovreton; is a seat of petty sessions and a polling-place; unites with Flint, Holywell, Mold, Caeswys, Caergwrle, Rhuddlan, and St. Asaph, in sending a member to parliament; is, as a borough, conterminate with the parish; enjoys delightful environs, with most lovely views of the Dee.
It was once a market-town; and has a post-office under Ruabon, and toll-free fairs on the Saturday after 7 March, the Monday before Holy Thursday, and the Saturday after 2 Oct. The parish contains also the hamlets of Clog, Knolton, and Maesgwaylod. Acres, 4,398. Real property, £6,846. Pop. in 1851, 1,479; in 1861, 1,397. Houses, 296. The property is much subdivided.
The manor belonged anciently to Robert Fitzhugh; and passed to Robert de Crevecœnr, the Stranges, and others. A castle was built here by Madoc ab Meredydd, prince of Powis; and has left some traces. Knolton Hall is the seat of R. Cotton, Esq.; Gwernhaelod, of the Fletchers; and Bryn-y-Pys, of E. Peel, Esq. A barrow and ancient camp are in Gwernhaelod park. The first Duke of Wellington spent considerable portions of his boyhood at Bryn-y-Pys.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £551. The church is cruciform and good. The churchyard contains some old yews. Charities, £34. The sub-district contains also Penley chapelry. Acres, 6,434. Pop. in 1815, 1,885: in 1861, 1,779. Houses, 387.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].