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Overton-on-Dee

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Most of the village was once owned by the Bryn-y-pys Estate. The 1848 sale particulars, with 4,300 acres (17 km) and a majority of the houses and farms in the village, run to several pages. It was made clear that the estate wielded "Great Political Influence", as without the secret ballot at
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of Maelor. Although part of Flintshire, Overton was within an exclave, surrounded by Cheshire, Shropshire and Denbighshire, and became the administrative centre of the area, often referred to as
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The village has the usual sporting recreational areas of cricket, football, bowls and tennis. Overton is also an excellent rendezvous point for walkers as it finds itself on the map of the
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At 1,500 to 2,000 years old, the oldest tree predates the church, whose earliest stonework is probably Norman. In 1992 the village celebrated the 700th anniversary of the granting of a
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was appointed to review the boundaries of counties in England and Wales. At an inquiry in Overton, it was found that most of the population of the area favoured it becoming part of
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as buildings of architectural or historic interest. Even the old telephone box has been "listed". The village centre is also designated as a Conservation Area.
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by royal charter in 1292, at which time 56 taxpayers lived there. One of Overton's earliest appearances in history was as one of the first targets of
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in the 15th, all of which are forms of a name meaning "settlement on the bank ". A castle was built here in the 12th century by
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general elections, the purchaser, who would be virtually everyone's landlord, was guaranteed of a place in Parliament.
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The community of Overton, which also includes the village of Lightwood Green and a number of small hamlets including
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The churchyard of St Mary the Virgin dominates the high street and is famous for twenty-one very ancient
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There are several interesting buildings in the village including: the "Cocoa and Reading Rooms", a
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and this was later supported by resolution of the Flintshire justices of the peace. However, when
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Overton has a fine collection of 18th and 19th-century buildings, many of which are
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Between 1974 and 1996 Overton was administered as part of the short-lived county of
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of Overton Bridge is a distinct settlement west of the village at
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in the same name exists. This ward stretches south east to
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St Mary the Virgin Church which dominates the high street
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and at the 2011 census had a total population of 3,315.
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and are commemorated in an anonymously written rhyme:
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formation in the river. It is now in Wrexham borough.
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Welsh


Overton is located in Wrexham
Wrexham
OS grid reference
SJ372417
Community
Principal area
Wrexham
Preserved county
Clwyd
Country
Wales
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
LL13
Dialling code
Police
North Wales
Fire
North Wales
Ambulance
Welsh
UK Parliament
Clwyd South
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
Clwyd South
UK

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