Place:Overton, Wiltshire, England

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NameOverton
Alt namesEast Overtonsource: former tything in parish
TypeParish (ancient)
Coordinates51.411°N 1.812°W
Located inWiltshire, England     ( - 1866)
See alsoElstub and Everleigh Hundred, Wiltshire, Englandhundred in which it was located (as a detached part)
Selkley Hundred, Wiltshire, Englandhundred in which it was located
West Overton, Wiltshire, Englandcivil parish that took over the better part of Overton parish
Fyfield, Wiltshire, Englandcivil parish that took over some of Overton parish
Alton Priors, Wiltshire, Englandcivil parish that took over some of Overton parish
source: Family History Library Catalog
the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Until the 19th century (probably 1866) the parish of Overton had chapelries at Alton Priors and Fyfield, and tithings of East Overton, Lockeridge, Shaw, and West Overton. In the 19th century Alton and Fyfield became separate civil parishes while East Overton ceased to be used as a place name. The village of Shaw, southwest of West Overton, was apparently deserted in the 15th century; Lockeridge continues as a village in West Overton parish.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Overton from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"OVERTON, a village in Marlborough [registration] district, and a parish partly also in Pewsey district, Wilts. The village stands on the river Kennet, 4 miles W by S of Marlborough [railway] station; and is a small place. The parish comprises the township of West Overton and the tything of Lockeridge, in Marlborough [registration] district, and the chapelry of Alton-Priors, in Pewsey [registration] district. Acres, with Fyfield parish, and with Overton-Heath and Clatford-Park extra-parochial tracts: 8,030. Real property, with Fyfield: £6, 156. Population of [Overton] parish alone, in 1851: 1,025; in 1861: 910. Houses: 194. Overton House is a chief residence. Most of the land is disposed in sheep farms. The living is a vicarage, united with the chapelry of Alton-Priors and with the vicarage of Fyfield, in the diocese of Salisbury. Value: £319. Patron: the Duke of Marlborough. The church is ancient, and has a pinnacled tower."
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