Over in the Domesday Book (1086)
Over appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Rushton in Cheshire.
Other Settlements in Rushton
- Alpraham
- Alretone
- Ashton
- Beeston
- Bunbury and [Lower] Bunbury
- Burton
- Clotton
- Cocle
- Iddinshall
- Opetone
- Oulton
- Peckforton
- Rushton
- Spurstow
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Over is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Over.
Listed Buildings Near Over
Historic England records 14 listed buildings within about a mile of Over. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Verdin Building - 0.12 km
- Brunner Guildhall - 0.13 km
- Old Primary School block at Verdin Comprehensive School - 0.14 km
- War Memorial - 0.31 km
- Dawk House - 0.78 km
- Knights Grange Public House - 0.82 km
- War Memorial C15 Yards to East of the Congregational Church - 0.82 km
- The Congregational Church - 0.85 km
- Cross Base and Lock-up - 0.85 km
- Barn at Knights Grange Recreation Centre - 0.87 km
- Monument C20 Yards to North of Church of St John the Evangelist - 1.11 km
- Catsclough Cottage - 1.12 km
- Church of St John the Evangelist - 1.13 km
- 246, Delamere Street - 1.27 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Over
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Over:
- Standing cross in the churchyard of St Chad’s Church, Over, 10m from the south wall of the chancel - 1.46 km
Over Today
Today Over lies within the administrative area of Winsford.
Read more about modern Over on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
Heritage Around Over
Photographs of churches, listed buildings and monuments in the vicinity, contributed by volunteers to the Geograph project and reused here under a Creative Commons licence.
© Eirian Evans · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Steve Leech · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© John Harrison · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Images © their respective photographers, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and reused here with attribution. Photographs depict listed buildings, churches and monuments near this settlement and may show neighbouring villages.
Data derived from the Open Domesday project (opendomesday.org), based on the Domesday Book dataset compiled by Professor J.J.N. Palmer and team. The Domesday Book (1086) is in the public domain.
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