Overton is a village between

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and

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, England. The village is situated approximately south-west of Wakefield, south of

Ossett Ossett is a market town in the Wakefield district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated between Dewsbury, Horbury and Wakefield. At the 2021 census, the town had a po ...

, west of Netherton and 4 miles south-west of

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. Overton is conjoined at its north-east to the larger village of Middlestown. Coxley Woods are less than to the south-east. Overton was historically called 'Over Shitlington',"Thornhill: Shitlington"
''The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland'' 1868. Retrieved 15 January 2015 and was one of four villages in the

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of 'Shitlington' in the

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of Thornhill. In 1881 Overton was in the county court district and

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of Wakefield. Village occupations at the time included two farmers, a shopkeeper, the manager of "Cap House pit," and the

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of The Reindeer and The Black Swan

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s.''

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of the West Riding of Yorkshire'', 1881, p. 1382 Shitlington was officially changed to Sitlington in 1929. Sitlington - National Mining Museum at Caphouse Colliery

Sitlington - National Mining Museum at Caphouse Colliery

St Luke's Parish Church in Overton is part of the

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of Middlestown with Netherton."Lesley Anne Mattacks"
Diocese of Leeds. Retrieved 13 July 2016 Overton is significant for the National Coal Mining Museum, situated on the

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. The former

Caphouse Colliery Caphouse Colliery, originally known as Overton Colliery, was a coal mine in Overton, Wakefield, Overton, near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It was situated on the Denby Grange estate owned by the Lister Kaye family, and was worked from the ...

was worked from at least 1789 until the coal was exhausted in 1985 when work was started to convert it to a museum.

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"Sitlington West Riding"
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''. Retrieved 15 January 2015
Coxley News
- personal registrant web site for Netherton, Middlestown, Overton and Midgley
Wakefield Council
Villages in West Yorkshire Geography of the City of Wakefield {{WestYorkshire-geo-stub

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