Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Uphall 1703 Mont

• tenement called White's Uphall 1863 Hutch3

• Uppeheye 1340 NI

Etymology

Uphall (Fm) (ST 555026), Hr Uphall Fm, Lr Uphall (Kelly), Uphall 1703Mont , tenement called White 's Uphall 1863 Hutch3, cf. Upall common 1839TA ; the farm lies on the 500′ contour above a small stream which feeds into an unnamed tributary of R. Frome, probably therefore 'higher nook of land or river meadow' or perhaps rather 'nook or meadow higher up stream', v. upp , halh . It is tempting to associate Stephen (de ) Vp (e )haye 1327, 1332, Stephen Uppeheye 1340 NI (a taxpayer and juror in this par.) with this name, but the surname contains a quite different second el. (ge)hæg 'an enclosure', cf. the lost p.n. Uphay in Broadwindsor par. infra .