Overpool

Overpool
Overpool Overpool shown within Cheshire
OS grid reference	SJ386776
Unitary authority	Cheshire West and Chester
Ceremonial county	Cheshire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ELLESMERE PORT
Postcode district	CH66
Dialling code	0151
Police	Cheshire
Fire	Cheshire
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Ellesmere Port and Neston
List of places UK England Cheshire

Coordinates: 53°17′31″N 2°55′19″W / 53.292°N 2.922°W / 53.292; -2.922

Overpool is a village on the Wirral Peninsula in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is a suburb of Ellesmere Port, and part of the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester.

History

Until 1911, Overpool was part of the parish of Eastham in the Wirral Hundred. The population was 89 in 1801, 72 in 1851 and 91 in 1901.^[1] Historically, there were three settlements or small villages - Poole, Over Poole and Nether Poole. Of these, only Overpool remains extant. The area is separated by a roundabout at Cemetery Gates.

Community

St Francis's Church stands at the top of Seymour Drive and there is a Methodist church in nearby Rossmore Road. The original Overpool Methodist Church was on Rivacre Road, a few hundred yards up from the Rivacre Baths, on the same side of the road next to Jones's old farm (since demolished). The Church was destroyed by fire in the early 50's, and a new one was built on Rossmore Road (just down from Cemetery Gates on the way to Little Sutton), as this was a more prominent place and nearer to the majority of houses.

In the 1960s Overpool's shops were as follows:

North side of Rossmore Road West - GM Birks (Hairdressers), A & JR Leach (Newsagents), a habitually vacant unit, G Partridge (Butchers), Ashe & Nephew (Off-licence), Rivacre Fish Bar (owned by Stan Fairbrother) later to become Harry's Fish Bar (owned by Harry Wong), General Store owned by Mr & Mrs Jones, then later by Mr & Mrs Laider, Betting Office, Rivacre Home Stores owned by a Mr Turner, then Mr & Mrs Walker, and finally a Grocer's shop and Monumental Mason's yard owned by Mr Petrus. Mr & Mrs Steve Cox took this over and the Mason's yard was built upon to double the size of the store.

South side of Rossmore Road West - Overpool Service Station (an Esso filling station), Bakery (later owned by Patisserie Anglaise), Sharples' Newsagents, Co-op Butchers, Co-op Supermarket, General Store owned by Mr Roberts, Laundrette, a hardware store, a cafe, Galaxie Newsagents, an electrical shop, Chemist's owned by Mr Duffy, Tesco supermarket, and finally the Post Office and Mr Burgess's butchers.

Until it closed in the 1970s Rivacre Baths, an open-air swimming pool, was popular and people from as far away as Liverpool visited the baths. The site of the baths is now occupied by local authority housing that backs on to Rivacre Valley, a conservation area and wildlife park.

Housing in the area is split between owner occupied and local authority and on the north side of the roundabout is an estate of post-war prefabs built in the 1950s, known locally as 'Tintown'.

The area underwent considerable change after the Vauxhall Motors factory opened nearby in 1962: several farms that had supplied milk and other dairy produce to the area were replaced by local authority housing. One was "Overpool Dairy" run by Charlie and Norman Dodd, and the other was Jones's farm which was next to the Dodds place. Dodd's Farm delivered milk by horse and cart up to the early 1960s.

Bowaters Mersey Paper Mill which produced newsprint from the 1930s stood close by and had a social club at Overpool that was a popular venue in the 1960s and 1970s.

Transport

Overpool railway station opened in 1988, on the branch line that runs to Ellesmere Port from Liverpool. Since 1994, the station has been part of the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network. Overpool station is merely a drop off/pickup stop with no ticket office, but a Ticket machine has now been installed.

Route No.	From	To	Via	Frequency	Company	Notes
7	Rivacre	Kendal Drive	Ellesmere Port	Every 30 mins	Stagecoach	Monday to Saturday
2	Liverpool	Chester	Ellesmere Port	Every 30 mins	Stagecoach	Monday to Saturday
106	Little Sutton	Cheshire Oaks	Bus Station	Every 1 Hour	Arrowebrook	Sunday Only
360	Neston (Raby Park Road)	Overpool (Naylor Road)	Willaston	1 a.m. journey and 1 p.m. journey	Helms of Eastham	School service only
272		Ellesmere Port	Willaston	Neston	Hourly	Eazibus / Helms of Eastham

References

↑ Cheshire Towns & Parishes: Overpool, GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy, retrieved 23 August 2007

External links

Media related to Overpool at Wikimedia Commons

Ellesmere Port

Districts	Backford Cross Canal Village Central Childer Thornton Chandlers Edge The Coliseum Grange Great Sutton Hollywood Hooton Hope Farm Little Stanney Little Sutton Netherpool Overpool Parklands Pioneer Park Rivacre Rossmore Stanney Grange Strawberry Fields Westminster Whitby Wolverham

Cheshire West and Chester

Principal settlements	Chester Ellesmere Port Frodsham Neston Northwich Winsford

Civil parishes (current)	Acton Bridge Agden Aldersey Aldford and Saighton Allostock Alvanley Anderton with Marbury Antrobus Ashton Hayes and Horton cum Peel Aston Bache Backford Barnton Barrow Barton Beeston Bostock Broxton Burwardsley Byley Capenhurst Carden Chester Castle Chidlow Chorlton Chowley Christleton Clotton Hoofield Clutton Coddington Comberbach Croughton Crowton Cuddington Cuddington Darnhall Davenham Delamere and Oakmere Dodleston Duckington Duddon Dunham-on-the-Hill and Hapsford Dutton Eaton and Eccleston Edgerley Elton Farndon Frodsham Golborne David Great Boughton Great Budworth Guilden Sutton Handley Hargrave and Huxley Hartford Harthill Helsby Huntington Ince Kelsall Kingsley Lach Dennis Lea-by-Backford Ledsham Little Budworth Little Leigh Little Stanney Littleton Lostock Gralam Malpas Manley Marston Mickle Trafford and District Mollington Moston Mouldsworth Moulton Neston Nether Peover No Man’s Heath and District Norley Northwich Poulton and Pulford Puddington Rowton Rudheath Rushton Saughall and Shotwick Park Shocklach Oviatt and District Shotwick Park Sproston Stanthorne and Wimboldsley Stoak Stretton Sutton Tarporley Tarvin Tattenhall and District Thornton-le-Moors Threapwood Tilston Tiverton and Tilstone Fearnall Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley Upton by Chester Utkinton Waverton Weaverham Wervin Whitegate and Marton Whitley Wigland Willington Wincham Winsford

Civil parishes (former)	Aldford Ashton Hayes Bickley Bradley Bridge Trafford Bruen Stapleford Buerton Burton Caldecott Caughall Chorlton-by-Backford Church Shocklach Churton by Aldford Churton by Farndon Churton Heath Claverton Cotton Abbotts Cotton Edmunds Crewe by Farndon Delamere Dunham-on-the-Hill Eaton Eccleston Edge Foulk Stapleford Golborne Bellow Grafton Hampton Hapsford Hatton Hockenhull Hoole Village Horton-by-Malpas Horton cum Peel Huxley Iddinshall Kings Marsh Larkton Lea Newbold Lower Kinnerton Macefen Marlston cum Lache Mickle Trafford Newton by Malpas Newton-by-Tattenhall Oakmere Oldcastle Overton Picton Poulton Prior's Heys Pulford Saighton Saughall Shocklach Oviatt Shotwick Shotwick Park Stanthorne Stockton Tattenhall Tilstone Fearnall Tiverton Tushingham-cum-Grindley Wimbolds Trafford Wimboldsley Woodbank Wychough

Unparished areas	Chester Ellesmere Port

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