Overton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈoʊvɚtən/
ipa: /ˈəʊvətən/
Forms: form: Overtons
Etymology: From Old English ōfer (“riverbank”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A suburb of Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5277).
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A former civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, merged into Malpas civil parish in 2015.
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A hamlet in Ashover parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3462).
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A hamlet in Arlingham parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7210).
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A village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5149).
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A village and civil parish in City of Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4358).
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A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5555).
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A small village in Richard's Castle parish, south Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5072).
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A hamlet in West Monkton parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST2628).
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A hamlet in Checkley parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0438).
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A village next to Middlestown, City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2516).
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A hamlet near New Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX9864).
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A hamlet near Lybster, Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND2836).
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A suburb of Greenock, Inverclyde council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2675).
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A hamlet near Port Eynon, City and County of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS4685).
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A village and community in Wrexham borough county borough, Wales, historically in a detached part of Flintshire (OS grid ref SJ3741).
synonyms: Overton-on-Dee
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
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An unincorporated community in Cooper County, Missouri.
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A village in Dawson County, Nebraska.
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A community in Moapa Valley, Clark County, Nevada.
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An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Ohio.
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A township in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
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A city in Rusk County and Smith County, Texas.
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An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia.
Derived terms: Overton Corners
Overton County
Overton Hall
Overton Park
Overton window
West Overton
Related terms: Overtown