Market Overton
village · Rutland
Old EnglishSurmised
Suggested2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Market Overton combines 'Market', indicating a place with a market charter, with 'Overton'. Overton is an Old English name meaning 'upper settlement'.
Word origins
- mercatus
- Latinmarket
- ofer
- Old Englishupper, higher
- tūn
- Old Englishsettlement, village, farmstead
Historical forms
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