Overseal
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Overseal is a village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. It is south of Swadlincote, west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch and south-southwest of Derby. It had a population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 2,450. Situated within the National Forest area, it is near the villages of Netherseal and Lullington as well as being close to the border with Leicestershire. It is one of the southernmost settlements in Derbyshire.
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Place details
- Locality
- South Derbyshire
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image
- Overseal 324471 cfb23c75.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 250px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Overseal Primary School. This colliery winding wheel is from Donisthorpe colliery, the last deep mine in South Derbyshire.
- UK place.map_type
- Derbyshire
- UK place.official_name
- Overseal
- UK place.population
- 2,450
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.shire_district
- South Derbyshire
- UK place.shire_county
- Derbyshire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.post_town
- SWADLINCOTE
- UK place.postcode_district
- DE12
- UK place.postcode_area
- DE
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SK294153
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 2450
- Image
- Overseal 324471 cfb23c75.jpg
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- Overseal
- OS grid reference
- SK294153
- postal code
- DE12
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Overseal is a village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. It is south of Swadlincote, west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch and south-southwest of Derby. It had a population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 2,450. Situated within the National Forest area, it is near the villages of Netherseal and Lullington as well as being close to the border with Leicestershire. It is one of the southernmost settlements in Derbyshire.
Historically both Overseal and Netherseal were part of Leicestershire: they were transferred from Leicestershire to Derbyshire in 1897, in return for Leicestershire absorbing several of Derbyshire's enclaves (see county enclaves).
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