Overton in the Domesday Book (1086)
Overton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Duddeston in Cheshire.
Other Settlements in Duddeston
- Bettisfield
- Bickerton
- Bickley
- Boughton
- Broxton
- Burwardestone
- Burwardsley and [Higher] Burwardsley
- Caldecott
- Calvintone
- Cheaveley
- Cholmondeley
- Chowley
- Christleton
- Clutton
The Meaning of the Name
The name Overton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent the upper. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the upper farmstead’.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Overton.
Listed Buildings Near Overton
Historic England records 12 listed buildings within about a mile of Overton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Overton Manor - 0.44 km
- Gate Piers to South of Overton Manor - 0.45 km
- Overton Hall - 0.47 km
- Bridge to South of Overton Hall - 0.49 km
- Hannett’s Cottage - 0.54 km
- Gameswood Cottage - 0.71 km
- Kidnall Cottage - 0.77 km
- Kidnall Grange Farmhouse - 0.81 km
- Mole End - 0.94 km
- Stable Range and 2 Cottages to South East of Chorlton Hall - 0.96 km
- Gatehouse Farmhouse - 0.97 km
- Chorlton Hall - 1.01 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Overton
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Overton:
Overton Today
Today Overton lies within the administrative area of Cheshire West and Chester, and the settlement recorded a population of 68 at the 2001 census. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.
Read more about modern Overton on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
Heritage Around Overton
Photographs of churches, listed buildings and monuments in the vicinity, contributed by volunteers to the Geograph project and reused here under a Creative Commons licence.
© John S Turner · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Jim Osley · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Mike Harris · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Images © their respective photographers, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and reused here with attribution. Photographs depict listed buildings, churches and monuments near this settlement and may show neighbouring villages.
Data derived from the Open Domesday project (opendomesday.org), based on the Domesday Book dataset compiled by Professor J.J.N. Palmer and team. The Domesday Book (1086) is in the public domain.
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