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.

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