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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Overton like this:
OVERTON, a village in Port-Eynon parish, Glamorgan; 14 miles W S W of Swansea.
Overton is now part of SWANSEA District. Click here for graphs and data of how SWANSEA has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Overton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Overton, in Swansea and Glamorgan | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26498
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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