St Mary

Overton, Hampshire

Overton is a large village and parish in Hampshire, England located west of the town of Basingstoke, and east of Andover and Whitchurch. The village contains smaller hamlets of Southington, Northington, Ashe, Polhampton and Quidhampton the latter two lying to the north of the village. The River Test has its source 1 mile (1.6 km) to the east in Ashe.
There is evidence of habitation since the Stone and Bronze Ages with finds and barrows located nearby.
The area has a history of banknote paper manufacture starting in the 18th century, and Overton Mill still produces Pound Sterling banknotes for the Bank of England.
[Thanks to Wikipedia for the above information]

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