Market Overton is a Village in the county of Rutland.

Retail in Market Overton

There are great places to visit near Market Overton including some great towns, villages and lakes.

Places near Market Overton feature a number of interesting towns including Oakham.

Places near Market Overton feature a number of interesting villages including Wakerley.

There are a number of lakes near to Market Overton including Rutland Water.

Market Overton History

There are some historic monuments around Market Overton:

• Village cross 50m south of Middle Farm
• Moor Lane moated site, Whissendine
• Barnhill moated site at Hambleton
• Churchyard cross, St Mary's churchyard
• Anglo-Scandinavian cross, St Bartholomew's churchyard
• Alstoe Moot and part of Alsthorpe deserted medieval village
• Croxton Abbey and associated remains
• Dovecot and arch, formerly lodge of Brooke House
• Church Bridge
• Butter Cross and stocks
• Medieval monastic grange with building platforms and dovecote at Saltby
• Moated site with fishponds and enclosures at Empingham
• Churchyard cross, St Nicholas' churchyard
• Bescaby shrunken medieval village
• Remains of Knights Templar preceptory, watermill and fishponds
• Churchyard cross in St Peter's churchyard
• Horn deserted medieval village and moated site
• Oakham motte and bailey castle and medieval gardens
• Saxon cross in churchyard of parish church, South Stoke
• Tower Hill motte castle, Stainby
• Exton Old Hall
• Dovecote 170m north east of the junction between Main Street and Exton Road
• Manorial settlement, 127m north west of St Mary's Church
• Ashwell medieval settlement remains, watermill and gardens at Old Hall