Overton is a small village and

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in the county of

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, England, about north-west of

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. The population of civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of

Shipton, North Yorkshire Shipton (also known as Shipton-by-Beningbrough) is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, about north-west of York. History The village was in existence at the time of the Norman Conquest of England, Norman inv ...

. The

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passes to the east, not far from the village.

History

The village is mentioned three times in the ''

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'' as ''Ovretun'' in the ''Bulford hundred''. The manor belonged to Earl Morcar, who had a hall in the village, at the time of the Norman invasion. Some of the land was the possession of the Church of St Peter in York and of ''Thorbiorn''. The manor passed to the Crown and

Count Alan of Brittany Alan Rufus, alternatively Alanus Rufus (Latin), Alan ar Rouz (Breton language, Breton), Alain le Roux (French Language, French) or Alan the Red (c. 1040 – 1093), 1st Lord of Richmond, North Yorkshire, Richmond, was a Bretons, Breton nobleman, ...

by 1086. Both granted the manor to St Mary's Abbey, York. The Hall that once stood in the village was the country seat of the Abbots until the dissolution. The Hall was demolished at some time in the 18th century, though earthworks indicate where the old moat may have been. Eventually the manor and estate came into the hands of the ''Bourchier'', and thence the ''Dawnay'', family at Beningbrough. The parish was once much larger and included the manors of Shipton and Skelton. The remains of the base of a limestone cross indicate that there may have been a church in the village at one time.

Geography

The nearest settlements are Skelton to the east;

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to the south across the River Ouse;

Beningbrough Beningbrough is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The population as taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of Shipton, North Yorkshire. Beningbrough village is ...

to the north-west and Shipton to the north. It lies on the north bank of the River Ouse. In 1881 the UK Census recorded the population as 67.

Governance

The village lies within the Thirsk and Malton Parliamentary constituency. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary

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References

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