Overstone
village · West Northamptonshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Overstone means 'the stony place to the east'. It combines Old English terms for direction and a description of the terrain.
Word origins
- Over
- Old Englisheast, eastern(from ēast "east")
- stone
- Old EnglishAttestedstone, rock(from stān "stone")
Historical forms
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