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 Wroughton

Historical Forms

  • SRy 1661 Recov
  • Novertowne 1696 Sadler
  • Overtown al. Overwroughton 1779 Recov

Etymology

is Overtowne 1629 SRy 1661Recov , Novertowne 1696Sadler , Overtown al. Overwroughton 1779Recov . v. Wroughton supra 278 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement