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Cold Overton

Description in 1877:
"COLD OVERTON. a small village and parish, adjoining Rutlandshire, 4 miles W.N.W. of Oakham, in Framland Hundred, Oakham Union and that County Court District, in 1871 contained 85 persons, living in 15 houses, on 1657 acres of land, chiefly clay, with some gravel, and the ground hilly. " [White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of the Counties of Leicester and Rutland. 3rd Edition 1877]

Census

The 1851 Census for Leicestershire has been indexed by the Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society. The whole index is available on microfiche. The society has also published it in print and Volume 27 covers the Great Easton Sub-District & Oakham Registry Districts which include Cold Overton.

Church Records

The Society of Genealogists holds copies of records from Cold Overton Parish Church including extracts of baptisms from 1556 - 1726, marriages from 1606 - 1672 and burials from 1574 - 1770.

Gazetteers

Guy Etchells has transcribed an extract from White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of the Counties of Leicester and Rutland. 3rd Edition 1877 which includes a list of tradesmen in the village.

Maps

Multi Media Mapping have a current map of Cold Overton.

Poorhouses, Poor Law.

Nether Broughton was part of the Oakham Poor Law Union.

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