OS grid reference SK809100 Country England Post town OAKHAM Shire county Leicestershire District Borough of Melton Civil parish Knossington | Region East Midlands Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district LE15 Local time Wednesday 3:42 PM Dialling code 01664 UK parliament constituency Rutland and Melton | |
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Cold Overton is a village in the Melton district of Leicestershire, England. It is situated close to the border with Rutland, and approximately 3 miles (5 km) west from the market town of Oakham, and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south-west of the A606 road. The village forms part of the civil parish of Knossington. The population is included in the civil parish of Knossington and Cold Overton.
Map of Cold Overton, Oakham, UK
Cold Overton is listed in the Domesday Book as in the Framland Hundred of Leicestershire, with 12 ploughlands, 17 households, 4 freemen, 8 villagers, 4 smallholders, and a priest. The settlement contained a meadow and woodland, both of 30 acres (0.1 km2). Lordship in 1066 was held by Ulf Fenman, transferred to Fulco in 1086, with Drogo of la BeuvriËre as Tenant-in-chief.
In 1870 Cold Overton was a parish in the district of Oakham. The Syston and Peterborough Railway ran close by. The area of the parish was 1,657 acres (6.7 km2) in which were 19 houses and a population of 97.
In 1826 was founded an “Asylum for Female Orphans” which maintained and educated 20 girls. This orphanage had been discontinued by 1877, and in its place was established a free school for local boys and girls. Occupations in 1877 included eight graziers, four of whom were farmers, a further farmer and a market gardener. Also listed was a schoolmistress, the parish rector, and Frewen family occupants of Cold Overton Hall.
The Grade I listed village church is dedicated to John the Baptist. Originating in the 13th century, there were additions during the following two centuries and a restoration in 1889 At the centre of the village is the Grade I listed Cold Overton Hall, a country house of c. 1664 with early 19th-century additions.