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[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Wiltshire]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Wiltshire Parishes]] | [[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Wiltshire]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Wiltshire Parishes]] | ||
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== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
OVERTON (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Marlborough, partly in the hundred of Elstub and Everley, but chiefly in that of Selkley, Marlborough and Ramsbury, and N. divisions of Wilts, 3½ miles (S. by W.) from Marlborough. | |||
OVERTON (St. Michaels), a village in Marlborough district, and a '''parish''' partly also in Pewsey district, Wiltshire. The village stands on the river Kennet, 4 miles W by S of Marlborough railway station.The '''parish''' comprises the township of West Overton and the tything of Lockeridge, in Marlborough district, and the '''chapelry''' of Alton-Priors, in Pewsey district. Acres, with Fyfield '''parish''', and with Overton-Heath and Clatford-Park.<ref>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=12057&st=Overton Wilson, John Marius, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, (1870-72)]</ref> | OVERTON (St. Michaels), a village in Marlborough district, and a '''parish''' partly also in Pewsey district, Wiltshire. The village stands on the river Kennet, 4 miles W by S of Marlborough railway station.The '''parish''' comprises the township of West Overton and the tything of Lockeridge, in Marlborough district, and the '''chapelry''' of Alton-Priors, in Pewsey district. Acres, with Fyfield '''parish''', and with Overton-Heath and Clatford-Park.<ref>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=12057&amp;st=Overton Wilson, John Marius, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, (1870-72)]</ref> | ||
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== Maps and Gazetteers == | == Maps and Gazetteers == | ||
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.<br> | Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.<br> | ||
*[http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851] | *[http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851] | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Wiltshire]] | [[Category:Wiltshire]] | ||