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.

Market Overton Church

Other OS name in the Parish of Market Overton

Historical Forms

  • Church (St Peter and St Paul) 1846 ib

Etymology

, Church (St Peter and St Paul )1846 ib , an Anglo - Saxon foundation , built within the bounds of what is probably a Roman camp , although BrownArchSites 18 ( followed by MER 26 ) regards the earthworks as of medieval provenance .