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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Upton-on-Severn

Historical Forms

  • Uptun 897 BCS575 11th BCS1088 962 11th
  • Upentona c.1086 EveB 1190
  • Optun 1189 WoC c.1240
  • Upton super Sabrinam 1327 SR

Etymology

'Farm (further) up the Severn,' in relation to Ripple, of which it once formed part.

Places in the same Parish