Over
Early-attested site in the Parish of Moreton Say
Historical Forms
- Oure 1199 Ch 1265
- nemus quod vocature Overe c.1243 Lil
- Over 1253–5 Lil
- villa de Overe 1265 Lil
Etymology
Over (lost), Oure 1199 (1265) Ch, nemus quod vocature Overe c.1243 Lil, Over 1253–5 Lil, villa de Overe 1265 Lil. The bounds of the wood called Over , as set out in a grant of c.1243, begin at Bletchley mill, for which v. f.ns. infra ; and it is clear that the wood lay by Bailey Brook.The name probably refers to a low, flat-topped ridge of the sort regularly referred to by the term *ofer , for which v. LPN 199–203 and CDEPN xlvii.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Castlehill Wd
- Ford Hall
- Fordhall Cottages, Fordhall Villa
- Long Covert
- Longford Cottage, Longford Ho, Longford Villa
- Smythemoor
- Waterloo Cottage
- The Bath
- Cheadle Orchard
- Higginswood
- Hill Fm
- Lockett's Gorse
- Moreton Hall
- Moreton Mill
- Moretonwood
- Pedsmore Pltn
- Styche Fm
- Home Fm
- Shavington Hall, Shavington Park
- Shavington Wd
- Snakes Pltn
- The Spinneys
- Wall Pltn
- Yewtree Ho
- Big Pool
- Big Wd
- Cloverley Dole
- Cloverley Wall Pltn
- Moat Fm, Moat Pltn
- Moat Planting
- Lane
- Nobridge
- Park Gorse
- Rhiews, Rhiews Fm
- The Rookery
- Shavington Grange
- Springs Pltn
- Styche Fm
- Styche Wd