Overton

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US/ˈoʊvɚtən/UK/ˈəʊvətən/

proper noun

A suburb of Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5277).

Similar
Overton-on-Dee
Less commonScrabble 10

Meanings

proper nounOverton (countable and uncountable, plural Overtons)

plural Overtons

  1. A number of places in the United Kingdom:
    1. countableuncountableA suburb of Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5277).
    2. countableuncountableA former civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, merged into Malpas civil parish in 2015.
    3. countableuncountableA hamlet in Ashover parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3462).
    4. countableuncountableA hamlet in Arlingham parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7210).
    5. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5149).
    6. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in City of Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4358).
    7. countableuncountableA small village and civil parish (without a council) in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5555).
    8. countableuncountableA small village in Richard's Castle parish, south Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5072).
    9. countableuncountableA hamlet in West Monkton parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST2628).
    10. countableuncountableA hamlet in Checkley parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0438).
    11. countableuncountableA village next to Middlestown, City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2516).
    12. countableuncountableA hamlet near New Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX9864).
    13. countableuncountableA hamlet near Lybster, Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND2836).
    14. countableuncountableA suburb of Greenock, Inverclyde council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2675).
    15. countableuncountableA hamlet near Port Eynon, City and County of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS4685).
    16. countableuncountableA village and community in Wrexham borough county borough, Wales, historically in a detached part of Flintshire (OS grid ref SJ3741).

      Synonyms: Overton-on-Dee

  2. countableA habitational surname from Old English.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Cooper County, Missouri.
    2. countableuncountableA village in Dawson County, Nebraska.
    3. countableuncountableA community in Moapa Valley, Clark County, Nevada.
    4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Wayne County, Ohio.
    5. countableuncountableA township in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
    6. countableuncountableA city in Rusk County and Smith County, Texas.

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA village and community in Wrexham borough county borough, Wales, historically in a detached part of Flintshire (OS grid ref SJ3741).

Similar
Overton-on-Dee

Origin

  1. Old Englishōfer“riverbank”
  2. EnglishOverton

From Old English ōfer (“riverbank”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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Cite this entry
APA

Overton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Overton

MLA

“Overton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Overton. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Overton,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Overton.

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