Over Water or Ovenneer, Cumberland
Historical Description
Over Water or Ovenneer, a lakelet in the centre of Cumberland, at the NW skirt of Caldbeck Fells, 3 miles S by E of Ireby. It measures about 1½ mile in circuit, and is one of the sources of the river Ellen, which flows into the Irish Sea at Maryport.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cumberland is available to browse.