Peover Superior is a former

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, now in the parish of

Peover Superior and Snelson Peover ( ) is a rural area in Cheshire, England straddling the boundary of Cheshire West and Cheshire East. It is southwest of Chelford and northwest of Jodrell Bank Observatory, Jodrell Bank. Peover is mentioned in the Domesday Book as "Pevre", f ...

, in the unitary authority area of

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and the ceremonial county of

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. It is described by the

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as a village surrounded by inhabited countryside. The civil parish included the village of Over Peover and the hamlet of Peover Heath. In 2011 the parish had a population of 666. Peover Superior is named after The Peover Eye river, which forms one of the parish boundaries. There is also a nearby village named Peover Inferior; the two areas are so named due to their standing on the river, with Peover Superior being higher up and Peover Inferior lower down on the river.

The village

Peover Superior is home to St Lawrence's Church, Over Peover which is a designated National Heritage Grade I

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. The church was first listed on 5 March 1959. The church was built in three stages which started in 1456 when the South Chapel was built. This was followed by the building of both the North Chapel and the Tower in 1648 and 1741 respectively. The Nave of the church was finished in 1811 and soon after the church was opened. Peover Superior is also home to a primary school, Peover Superior Endowed Controlled Primary School which is situated in the centre of the village at the corner of Stocks Lane and Chelford Lane. The school holds up to 77 children. There is also an established Cricket Club in the centre of the village, which has both first and second teams playing in Meller Braggins Cheshire Cricket League. East Cheshire Sunday Football League team Peover FC play their home games in Over Peover at Peover park on Stocks Lane.

History

In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson of the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Over Peover as: :A chapelry in Rostherne parish, Cheshire; on the river Peover. 2½ miles W S W of Chelford r. station, and 3½ S S E of Knutsford. It comprises the townships of Peover Superior, Marthall, and Snelson; and it has a post-office under Knutsford. Acres, 5,088. Real property, £9,055. Pop., 942. Houses, 178. The property is subdivided. The manor of Peover Superior, with Peover Hall, belongs to Sir H. Mainwaring, Bart. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £180.* Patron, Sir H. Mainwaring, Bart. The church consists of nave, chancel, and two side chapels, with a tower; was mainly rebuilt in 1811; and contains monuments of the Mainwarings. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a free school, and charities £85. From 1866 Peover Superior was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 2023 the parish was abolished and merged with Snelson to form "Peover Superior and Snelson". Peover itself was part of the

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, which was an ancient division of Cheshire that was introduced sometime before the

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Population

According to the 2011 census, the population of Peover Superior was 666. The population of Peover Superior has remained relatively stable for a number of decades, as seen in the Population time series.

Occupational history

The figures used in the two bar charts came from the Neighbourhood Statistics Census Data. Occupational Structure of Peover Superior 1881

The occupational history of Peover Superior has seen drastic changes; according to the 1881 statistics, it was a predominantly agricultural parish with a large number both of men and of women employed in this sector, who would have been working on farms and other agricultural work. Occupational structure of Peover superior 2011

Occupational structure of Peover superior 2011

Since then the structure of occupation has changed immensely. The 2011 data shows a much more varied occupational structure, with a shift away from the predominantly agricultural-based work seen in 1881. This mirrors trends all across the country; the amount of agricultural work has decreased and the number of people working in the service industry has risen sharply. There has also been a sharp increase in the number of professional people living in Peover Superior.

Notable residents

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*Sir

Philip Mainwaring Sir Philip Mainwaring (1589 – 2 August 1661) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1625 and 1661. Mainwaring was the seventh son of Randall Mainwaring, of Peover, Cheshire and Margaret Fitton, daughte ...

, statesman, born in Peover in 1589

References

External links

A visual record of Bate Mill on the Peover Eye
{{Cheshire Former civil parishes in Cheshire Borough of Cheshire East