- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
Burton Overy is a civil parish in the Harborough District of southeast Leicestershire, England, about nine miles southeast of Leicester city centre, and not far from Great Glen. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 289, increasing at the 2011 census to 440 (including Stretton Parva).
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Burton Overy from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "BURTON-OVERY, a parish in Billesdon [registration] district, Leicestershire; near the Union canal, 6 miles E by S of Wigston [railway] station, and 7 SE by E of Leicester. It has a post office under Leicester. Acres: 1,660. Real property: £4,110. Populaton: 465. Houses: 110. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value: £497. Patron: Captain W. Thorpe. The church is decorated and later English; and was recently repaired. There are an Independent chapel, a national school, and charities £23."
Research Tips
- The map on the place-page for Billesdon Rural District illustrate the location of the various parishes.
- Victoria County History - Leicestershire - Vol 5, pp68-76 - Parish: Burton Overy. (London, 1964) British History Online. University of London.
- From this Findmypast page you can browse the Leicestershire parishes which have parish register transcripts online.
- From this Ancestry page you can browse the Leicestershire parishes which have parish register transcripts online.
- For both of the above sites, a subscription is charged. Transcriptions of these records may also be available free of charge on the FamilySearch website.
- A further collection of online source references will be found on the county page for Leicestershire.
- Wikipedia suggests History of Burton Overy (PDF format) Archived 21 January 2004 at the Wayback Machine, but this could not be accessed.
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