Over Hulton is a suburb of Westhoughton within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, in Greater Manchester, England.

[1] Historically part of Lancashire, it lies 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south west of Bolton.

[5] In 1819, a member of this family, the magistrate William Hulton ordered the Yeomanry Cavalry in to arrest William Hunt as he addressed the demonstration at St Peter's Field in Manchester setting off what was to become known as the Peterloo massacre.

[7] In 1902 a tramway from Lowton via Leigh and Atherton opened to Four Lane Ends where it connected with the trams of Bolton Corporation.

[12] In 1866 Over Hulton became a separate civil parish,[13] on 30 September 1898 the parish was abolished and merged with Bolton and Westhoughton,[14] the Daubhill area of Over Hulton became part of the County Borough of Bolton and the remainder became part of Westhoughton Urban District.

[15] The area of Over Hulton is 1,300 acres (5.3 km2) of mainly arable land and the underlying rocks are the middle coal measures of the Lancashire Coalfield.