Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for OVER

OVER, a hamlet in Churcham parish, Gloucestershire; at the junction of the Hereford canal with the river Severn, 1 mile N W of Gloucester. Pop., 144. Houses, 19. A Roman settlement was here; and a bridge, built in 1829, and kept in repair at the expense of the county, here spans the Severn.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Churcham AP/CP       Gloucestershire AncC
Place: Over

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