Upton, Upton Bridge, Upton Hall & Upton Manor
Major Settlement in the Parish of Overchurch
Historical Forms
- Optone 1086 DB
- Hopton' in Wyrale c.1300 JRC
- Opton 1318 Eyre 1347 ChFor 1361 BPR
- Opton in Vyrale 1321 JRC
- Upton 1265–91 Chest
- Upton iuxta Wodechirche 1307 Plea
- Upton in Wyrhale 1307 Ipm
- Upton iuxta Morton 1315 Plea
- Upton alias Overchurch 1645 Sheaf
- the Hall of Upton 1614 Orm2
- Ouptone c.1328 CASNSvi
Etymology
'Farm on a hill', v. upp , tūn , hall , cf. Woodchurch 274supra , Moreton 319infra .