Peover Superior
| Peover Superior | |
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 St. Lawrence's Church |
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| Peover Superior shown within Cheshire | |
| Population | 666 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SJ769743 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Shire county | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Knutsford |
| Postcode district | WA16 |
| Dialling code | 01565 |
| Police | Cheshire |
| Fire | Cheshire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | |
Peover Superior is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is described by the Office for National Statistics as a village surrounded by inhabited countryside.
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.
Peover Superior is home to St Lawrence's Church, Over Peover which is a designated National Heritage Grade I listed building. The church was first listed on 5 March 1959. The church which 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.
In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson of the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Over Peover as:
Peover itself was part of the Bucklow Hundred, which was an ancient division of Cheshire that was introduced some time before the Norman Conquest
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.
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