Okeover in 1872

OAKOVER, or Okeover, a parish in the district of Ashborne and county of Stafford; on the river Dove at the boundary with Derbyshire, 2 miles NW of Ashborne railway station. Post-town, Ashborne. Acres, 810. Real property, £1,381. Pop., 61. Houses, 11. Oakover House is the seat of H.Oakover, Esq.; was built on the site of a former mansion, the seat of Mr. Oakover's. ancestors; contains Raphael's "Holy Family," which was hidden under a floor during the civil wars of Charles I.; and contains also paintings by Titian, Dolci, Rubens, and Vandervelde.

The parish contains Hallsteds barrow, and Arbour-close Roman camp; and is a meet for Yates' harriers. The living is a donative in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £20. Patron, H.Oakover, Esq. The church is old and ivy-clad, and contains a triple canopied brass of an Oakover of 1520

[Description(s) from The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72) - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]