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Overton, West Yorkshire

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of Wakefield. Village occupations at the time included two farmers, a shopkeeper, the manager of "Cap House pit," and the
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was worked from at least 1789 until the coal was exhausted in 1985 when work was started to convert it to a museum.
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Overton was historically called 'Over Shitlington', and was one of four villages in the
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National Mining Museum at Caphouse Colliery, Overton
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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland
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Overton, Wakefield
Overton is located in West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
OS grid reference
SE260168
London
SSE
Metropolitan borough
City of Wakefield
Metropolitan county
West Yorkshire
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
WF4
Dialling code
Police
West Yorkshire
Fire
West Yorkshire
Ambulance
Yorkshire
UK Parliament
Wakefield
UK
England

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