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Overton, Post Office c.1960
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The parish of Overton lies five miles south-west of Lancaster on the road to Sunderland Point. Tucked away in a very secluded corner below Heysham, this little village was mentioned in the Domesday Book as Ovretun; the name turns up very frequently in old documents, usually mentioning the church or a curate. The lovely old church here still retains its original Norman doorway. Overton means 'dwellings by (next to) the water', and the village used to flood at every high spring or autumn tide.

A Selection of Memories from Overton

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Overton

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During the school holidays all the kids of the village would head to Bazil Point there in the corner by the James's Fishermans hut we would spend the day swimming messing about in the boats as the tide came in, making rope swings from the trees on the banks. As the tide came in we played and swam, in the gully as the tide went out we would play in the big pools behind the training ...see more
Growing up in Overton left me with great memories of my youth. One outstanding memory was November 5th near the Globe Hotel. As a lot of my friends were farmers there was no shortage of firewood, we would stack that bonfire up as high as we could. We had fireworks, homemade food at Cloudies and spuds on the bonfire. All the village attended it every year, what a childhood it was.