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.

Overtown

Other OS name in the Parish of Cranham

Historical Forms

  • Over 1459 MinAcct

Etymology

, Over 1459MinAcct , Hill overtown Fm . 1777 M , v. ofer 2 ' bank ' , tūn .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement