English Place-name Society

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.

Overy

Early-attested site in the Parish of Dorchester

Historical Forms

  • Overey 1551–2 Survey 1593 FF
  • Overey mylles t.Hy8 AugmOff

Etymology

Overy is Overey 1551–2Survey , 1593FF .

Overy Mill (6″) isOverey mylles t. Hy 8AugmOff . 'Across the river' (i.e. from Dorchester), OE  ofer īe . Cf. St Mary Overey = Southwark Cathedraland Overys infra 429.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement