Overton
county:
coords:
Hampshire
SU514500
otherwise: uferantun; uferatune, 909-12; Ovretune, 1086
OVERTON
Hypothetical Old English 'Uferra(n) tun(e)'='higher farm (oblique case form)'. To judge by the modern position of the church and manor, down by the river Test, we have to reckon with the sense 'further up the river, as seen from eg Laverstoke.
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- settlement, hamlet - Overton Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- settlement, village - Overton Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, town - Overton Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Simmons 1643
- Hamshire
Period - 1630s-40s
in the N. sector of the thumbnail map; 55 miles from London
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, town - Overton Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- settlement, town - Overton Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
Shown on an old map by Saxton 1575
- settlement, village - Southamtoniae
Listed in Domesday Book
- Overetune Hundred - Hantescire
Period - 11th century
TERRA WINTONIENS. EP~I ... Ipse eps. ten. OVRETVNE in d~nio . Se~p fuit in epatu...
Listed in Domesday Book
- Ovretune Hundred - Hantscire
Period - 11th century
