Overton, Wiltshire, England Genealogy: Difference between revisions

OVERTON (St. Michaels), a village in Marlborough district, and a '''parish''' partly also in Pewsey district in the county of Wiltshire (Wilts). It is located in the union of Marlborough, partly in the [[Hundred (division)|hundred]] of Elstub and Everley, but chiefly in that of Selkley, Marlborough and Ramsbury.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51199#s6 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 498-500. Date accessed: 07 October 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=12057 Wilson, John Marius, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, (1870-72)]</ref> The '''parish''' comprises the township of West Overton and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tything Tything] of Lockeridge, in Marlborough district and the '''chapelry''' of Alton-Priors, and Overton-Heath and Clatford-Park. The village stands on the river Kennet, 4 miles SW of Marlborough Railway Station.