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 Manor Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Loders

Historical Forms

  • Vp(pe)ton' 1445,1454 MinAcct
  • rectoria de Vp(pe)ton' 1463 Rent 1467 MinAcct
  • villat' de Upton 1545 Ct 1774 Hutch1 1795 Boswell 1845 TA

Etymology

Upton Manor Fm (SY 512936), Vp (pe )ton '1445, 1454MinAcct , rectoria de Vp (pe )ton '1463Rent , 1467MinAcct , villat ' de Upton 1545Ct , 1774 Hutch1, 1795 Boswell, 1845TA , 'higher farmstead or manor', v. upp , tūn , cf. Uploders supra which is nearby and with which it is perhaps partly to be identified.