Cold
Overton
Extract from White's Leicester and
Rutland Directory 1877
COLD OVERTON. a small
village and parish, adjoining Rutlandshire, 4 miles
W.N.W. of Oakham, in Framland
Hundred, Oakham Union and that County Court District,
in 1871 contained 85 persons, living in 15 houses, on 1657 acres of land,
chiefly clay, with some gravel, and the ground hilly. The rateable value of the
parish is £2305 3s. 6d. Edward Frewen, Esq.,
is lord of the manor and owner of the soil, and resides generally at Brickwall, Sussex, and occasionally at Overton Hall, a neat
mansion, in a small park on the north side of the village. The hall is still
the residence of Mrs. Eleanor Frewen Turner, and near
it is a beautiful lake or fish-pond, half a mile in length. The grounds are
well laid out, and contain some fine elm trees. The CHURCH
(St. John) consists of nave, with
aisles and chancel, and contains an organ, given by a member of the Frewen family. At the west end of the south aisle is the
burial-place of that family. 'The chancel and the rectory house have been
restored by the late and present rectors, and mainly at their cost. The living
is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £19 12s. 2d., and now at £300 per annum, in the
patronage of Edward Frewen, Esq., and in the
incumbency of the Rev. Richard Burnet, B.A., who has a good residence which has
lately been restored. There is a glebe of 45A. 2R. 87P.,
and a yearly rent-charge of £269, a in 1889, in lieu of tithes. John Frewen Turner, Esq., a late lord of the manor, who resided
at the Hall, purchased the estate of the St. John
family, and founded here, at the cost of more than £2000, in 1826, an Asylum
for Female Orphans, in which 20 orphan girls were maintained and educated. The
Orphanage it discontinued, and a FREE SCHOOL for the boys and girls of the
village is held on the premises, the remainder being occupied as a private
residence. In 1820 the same benevolent gentleman founded another charity at Sapcote.
POST from Oakham; but Somerby
is the nearest Money Order Office.
Burnet Rev Richard, B.A. rector, The Rectory
Carter John, grazier
Exton William, farmer and grazier
Freeman Joseph, farmer and grazier
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Frewen C. H. Esq., J.P. The Hall
Frewen-Turner Mrs Eleanor, The Hall
Martin Thos. grazier & market grdnr
Pougher John, farmer and grazier
Tomlin Henry Joseph, grazier
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Trotter James, grazier
Vincent Miss Margaret, schoolmistress
Wright James, farmer
Wright May, farmer and grazier
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