Burton Overy

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Burton Overy is a civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, about nine miles south-east of Leicester city centre, and not far from Great Glen. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 289.

In the year 2000, within the civic parish it has a population of 293 living in 129 households, eight working farms, a post office, a pub (The Bell), a new village hall and a thriving church community based around St. Andrew’s Church.

A brief history of the village (Available at http://www.burtonovery.info in PDF format), was undertaken to mark the new Millennium, spans many different aspects of life in this small Leicestershire village over the past 1000 years, and records some of the changes which have taken place.