Over Staveley is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

South Lakeland South Lakeland is a local government district in Cumbria, England. The population of the non-metropolitan district was 102,301 according to the 2001 census, increasing to 103,658 at the 2011 Census. Its council is based in Kendal. It includes ...

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, England. The parish comprises most of the village of

Staveley Staveley may refer to: Places * Staveley, Cumbria, village in the former county of Westmorland and now in Cumbria, England ** Staveley railway station * Staveley-in-Cartmel, village formerly in Lancashire, now in Cumbria, England * Staveley, D ...

north of the River Gowan, and areas of farmland and fell (including

Brunt Knott Potter Fell is a fell near the villages of Burneside and Staveley, Cumbria, England, reaching a maximum height of at Brunt Knott. Alfred Wainwright in his ''The Outlying Fells of Lakeland'' identifies four summits on Potter Fell: Brunt Knott, ...

) extending some north of the village. At the 2011 census it had a population of 437. The parish is within the

Lake District National Park The Lake District National Park is a national park in North West England that includes all of the central Lake District, though the town of Kendal, some coastal areas, and the Lakeland Peninsulas are outside the park boundary. The area was desi ...

. It has a joint parish council with

Hugill Hugill is a civil parish in the South Lakeland district of the English county of Cumbria. Hugill includes the village of Ings and the hamlets of Grassgarth, and Reston plus a large part of the village of Staveley and the west bank of the Riv ...

and

Nether Staveley Nether Staveley is a civil parish in South Lakeland, Cumbria, England. The parish comprises the part of the village of Staveley south of the River Gowan and River Kent The River Kent is a short river in the county of Cumbria in England. It ...

, formed in 2004 and called Staveley with Ings Parish Council.

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Cumbria County History Trust: Staveley, Over
(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page) *
Staveley
historical and genealogical information at

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Civil parishes in Cumbria South Lakeland District {{Cumbria-geo-stub

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