Overtown Parish Church And War Memorial

Overtown Parish Church was given full status on 17th July 1876 under the guidance of the minister Rev George Burnett. Prior to this Overtown was a Chapel of Ease and worshipped in the village. The church was heated by two coal fires – one in the north-west corner (now a cupboard, behind the choir) and the other in the South-east corner (behind the entrance vestibule), and lit by paraffin lamps. In 1885 there were 205 members on the Communion Roll.