Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Overton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Overton

Historical Forms

Ovretun, Overtun 1086 DB

Ouerton 1086 DB

Orton 1327 Ch

Etymology

'Farm on the bank (overlooking the river Ouse),' v. ofer , tun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement