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.

The area around Market Overton's best towns can be found at Oakham.

There are a several good villages in the area around Market Overton like Wakerley.

There are a several good lakes in the area around Market Overton like Rutland Water.

Market Overton History

There are some historic monuments around Market Overton:

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