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.

Over

Major Settlement in the Parish of Over

Historical Forms

  • Ouer 1060 KCD809 c.1350
  • Ouere 1086 InqEl
  • Over(e) 1247 FF
  • Over by Rampton 1357 Ipm
  • Oura(m) 1086 ICC 1165 P
  • Oure, Ovre 1086 DB 1337 Pat
  • Ovre iuxta Cantebrig' 1285 Ass
  • ouro, ourt 1086 InqEl
  • Owre 1576 Saxton
  • Ofre 1086 InqEl
  • ouuere 1086 InqEl
  • Owver 1553 Pat
  • Hovere 1200 Cur

Etymology

'Bank of the river' (i.e. of the Ouse), v. ofer .