[7][8] From the 1930s, the settlement of Netherpool was lost to industrial redevelopment and the 16th century Poole Hall was demolished shortly before the outbreak of World War II.

On the south side of Rossmore Road West: Overpool Service Station (an Esso filling station), a bakery (later owned by Patisserie Anglaise), Sharples' Newsagents, a Co-op butchers and supermarket, a general store owned by Mr Roberts, a laundrette, a hardware store, a cafe, Galaxie Newsagents, an electrical shop, a chemist owned by Mr Duffy, a Tesco supermarket, and finally the Post Office and Mr Burgess's butchers.

Bowaters Mersey Paper Mill, which produced newsprint from the 1930s, was in nearby Netherpool and had a social club at Overpool that was a popular venue in the 1960s and 1970s.

The church was destroyed by fire in the early 1950s, and a new one was built on Rossmore Road (just down from Cemetery Gates, towards Little Sutton), as this was a more prominent place and nearer to the majority of houses.

Overpool railway station opened in 1988, on the branch line that runs to Ellesmere Port from Liverpool Central.