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Cold Overton is a village in the Melton district of Leicestershire, England. It is close to the border with Rutland, and approximately 3 miles (5 km) west from the market and county 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 and Cold Overton. The population of Cold Overton is included in the civil parish.

Cold Overton
St John the Baptist Church
Cold Overton Location within Leicestershire
OS grid reference	SK809100
• London	85 mi (137 km) S
Civil parish	Knossington and Cold Overton
District	Melton
Shire county	Leicestershire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	OAKHAM
Postcode district	LE15
Dialling code	01664
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Rutland and Melton
List of places UK England Leicestershire 52.6822°N 0.80334°W / 52.6822; -0.80334

History

The village's name means 'farm/settlement on a ridge'. 'Cold' was added because of the village's exposed position.[1]

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 de la Beuvrière as Tenant-in-chief.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4]

St John the Baptist Church

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[5][6] Inside the Church the north and south arcades have notable Early English carved capitals, showing people, animals and motifs from nature.[7] There are medieval paintings on the south and east walls; the images include St Catherine holding a wheel, the Assumption of the Virgin, the Nativity, the Funeral of the Virgin, complete with pall-bearers, and St John the Baptist.[8]

Cold Overton Hall

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.[9]

References

External links

• Media related to Cold Overton at Wikimedia Commons
• “Cold Overton”, Genuki

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