Peover - Izeria

Peover ( PEE-vər) 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. Peover is mentioned in the Domesday Book as "Pevre", from a Celtic word meaning "the bright one" referring to the Peover Eye.

It contains the civil parishes of Peover Superior (also called Over Peover), Peover Inferior (also called Lower Peover) and Nether Peover, as well as the hamlet of Peover Heath. Peover Hall in Peover Superior is a Grade II* listed country house.

The area is largely flat but has narrow incised gullies along streams. The brook called Peover Eye, which is formed from several springs and field drainage in the Peover area, runs north-northwest into the Wincham Brook a short distance northeast of Lostock Gralam.

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Peover Superior

Peover Superior is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Peover Superior and Snelson, in the unitary authority area 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. 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.

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Radbroke Hall

Radbroke Hall is a white French chateau-style former country house in Peover Superior, Cheshire, England. It takes its name from the Red Brook stream that runs through the grounds.

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Lower Peover

Lower Peover is a village in the civil parish of Nether Peover in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, approximately 6 miles east of Northwich and 4 miles south of Knutsford. The boundary of the civil parish deviates slightly to include Lower Peover in Nether Peover and not the adjacent civil parish of Peover Inferior. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 415. Lower Peover was also where George S. Patton held meetings with the senior members of the British war cabinet where they discussed plans about many military operations, most notably D-day.

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St Lawrence's Church, Over Peover

St Lawrence's Church, Over Peover is in the civil parish of Peover Superior. Close to Peover Hall and farm. It lies some 3 miles (5 km) south of the town of Knutsford. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. The church is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Knutsford. Its benefice is combined with that of St Oswald, Lower or Nether Peover. It is noted for its old chapels and for the monuments to the Mainwaring family.

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