Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Upton e13 Orm2 1286 Eyre

• Upton Superior 1315 AddCh

• Ouer(e) Upton 1366 Dow, Plea

• Upton Falebrome 1384 Dow 1528

• Upton iuxta Maclesfeldiam 1545 ib

• Uptonia e13 ChRR 1608

• Uptone, Uptone superior 1315 Dow

• Uptune 1232 Orm2

• Uptoun 1361 Dow

• Hup(e)ton c.1233 Dow, Orm2

• Opton 1285 Eyre E2 JRC 1348 Mont

• Hoptona l13 Dow

Etymology

'High farm', v. upp , tūn . Presumably the village had a higher and a lower part, v. uferra , superior . Cf. Fallibroome, Macclesfield 197, 113supra .