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

Early-attested site in the Parish of Thornhill

Historical Forms

  • Overs(c)hit(e)lyngton 1190 YCh 1475 YDvi 1536 FF
  • Overs(c)hit(e)lyngton als. Overton 1589 FF 1777 Arm
  • Overton 1496 Arm 1523 DodsN 1580 PRThl

Etymology

Overton, Overs (c )hit (e )lyngton 1190 YCh 1748, 1475 YD vi, 1536 FF, Overs (c )hit (e )lyngton als. Overton 1589 FF, 1777 Arm, Overton 1496 Arm, 1523 DodsN, 1580 PRThl. v. uferra 'upper', an affix of Shitlington supra , with town (v. Middlestown supra ).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement