Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Overton

Overton, eccl. dist., township, and vil., Lancaster par., N. Lancashire - dist., pop. 618; township, 1837 ac., pop. 325; the vil. is on river Lune, 3½ miles NW. of Lancaster.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Overton CP/Ch       Lancashire AncC
Place: Overton

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