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Upton

/ˈʌptən/ · name

Meaning

  1. A settlement in Nursling and Rownhams parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU3717).
  2. A hamlet in Dinton with Ford and Upton parish, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP7711).
  3. A village in Headon cum Upton parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7476).
  4. A hamlet in Hurstbourne Tarrant parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU3655).
  5. Any of several places in England:
  6. A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7354).
  7. A village in Upton with Fishley parish, Broadland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG3912).
  8. A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ2688).

Etymology / origin

From Old English upp (“up”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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