ORTON-CHERRY, ORTON-WATERVILLE, or Overton-Waterville, a parish, with a small village, in the district of Peterborough and county of Huntingdon; near the river Nen, at the boundary with Northamptonshire, ½ a mile S S E of Overton r. station, and 3 S W by W of Peterborough. Post-town, Peterborough. Acres, 1, 350. Real property, £2, 389. Pop., 299. Houses, 69. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Pembroke College, Cambridge; and came to it, in 1480, from Archbishop Booth. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £354.* Patron, Pembroke College, Cambridge. The church is early English, in good condition; and consists of nave and chancel, with S porch and embattled tower There are a national school, and charities £12

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))