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"POOL (OVER), a township in the parish of EASTHAM, higher division of the hundred of WIRRALL, county palatine of CHESTER, 8 miles (N. by W.) from Chester, containing 74 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie
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- Overpool was a township in Eastham ancient parish, Wirral hundred (SJ 3877), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- The civil parish was abolished in 1911 to become part of Ellesmere Port.
- The population was 89 in 1801, 72 in 1851, and 91 in 1901.
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- 1889 March 24 — Gained a detached part of Great Sutton (5 acres, pop. 0 in 1891)
- 1911 April 1 — Abolished and incorporated into Ellesmere Port (pop. 93 in 1911)
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ385774 (Lat/Lon: 53.289979, -2.924039), Overpool which are provided by:
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- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
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- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Wirral Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
- Wirral Rural District (1894-1910)
- Ellesmere Port & Whitby Urban District (1910-11)