English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Upton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Dinton

Historical Forms

  • Upetone 1086 DB
  • Opetone 1086 DB
  • Uppetone 1197 Fines
  • Upton 1204 Cur
  • Uptone Superior 1316 FA
  • Uptone cum Stone 1346 FA
  • Upton by Donynton 1358 Ipm

Etymology

Self-explanatory. It lies a little higher than Dinton itself.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement