{{Short description|Rural area in Cheshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Peover''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|iː|v|ər}} {{respell|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.<ref name=uk>{{cite web|title=Cheshire Map Showing Location of Peover|url=http://www.itraveluk.co.uk/maps/england/3907/cheshire/peover.html|publisher=traveluk.com.uk|accessdate=2 September 2013}}</ref><ref name=vision>{{cite web|title=Over Peover Cheshire|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1496|publisher=Vision of Britain|accessdate=2 September 2013}}</ref> Peover is mentioned in the Domesday Book as "Pevre",<ref>{{OpenDomesday|OS= XX0000|name=nether-and-over-peover |display= Nether and Over Peover|accessdate= }}</ref> from a Celtic word meaning "the bright one" referring to the Peover Eye.
thumb|Peover Hall It contains the civil parishes of Peover Superior (also called Over Peover), Peover Inferior (also called Lower Peover) and Nether Peover,<ref name=family>{{cite web|title=Lower Peover, Cheshire|url=https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Lower_Peover,_Cheshire|publisher=Family Search.Org|accessdate=2 September 2013}}</ref> as well as the hamlet of Peover Heath. Peover Hall in Peover Superior is a Grade II* listed country house.<ref>{{NHLE |num= 1329813|desc= Peover Hall, Peover Superior|accessdate= 24 July 2020}}</ref>
thumb|Peover Eye at Bate Mill, Peover Superior 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.
== See also == * Peover Superior ** Peover Hall * Peover Inferior * Nether Peover
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==External links== *[https://www.google.co.uk/maps?q=Peover+Inferior&hl=en&ll=53.276736,-2.447033&spn=0.022377,0.066047&sll=51.476769,-0.45218&sspn=0.000728,0.002064&oq=peover&t=h&hnear=Peover+Inferior,+Cheshire+East,+United+Kingdom&z=15 Google Earth view of the Peover area]
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Category:Populated places in Cheshire
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