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.

Overseal

Major Settlement in the Parish of Overseal

Historical Forms

  • Vuerseila 1186–1205 Gresley
  • Overe Scheyle 13th Rydeware
  • Oversheile 1313 ib
  • Ouerscheyle 1343 BM
  • Oversheyle 1357 Pat
  • Ouerseale 1577 Saxton
  • Over Seal 1610 Speed
  • Parva Sheyle Hy3 BM c.1300 Rydeware 1320 Pat

Etymology

For the name v. Netherseal supra 645.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site