Upton End
Early-attested site in the Parish of Shillington
Historical Forms
- Uppennende 1255 Rams c.1350 Ct 1294 BM
- Opton 1276 Ass
Etymology
This apparently simple name is not easy. Uppenende would seem to be simply a compound of OE uppan , 'upon,' and ende , and one could conceive of a man being called Ricardus Uppenende , 'Richard at the end of the parish,' but Ricardus de Uppenende is a little strange. In the first example Uppenende is given as the name of a hamlet in Shillington. One can only suggest that the hamlet was at first called 'At the end' (OE uppan ende ) and that later the name was corrupted to a fresh and more usual form. Association with up is out of the question as this 'end' is distinctly one of the lower 'ends' of Shillington parish.