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 Skipsea

Historical Forms

Uptun 1086 DB

Upton 1372 Baildon 1555 FF

Etymology

Upton is Uptun 1086 DB, Upton 1372 Baildon, 1555 FF et freq .'Upper farm,' v. uppe , tun .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement