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.

Upney

Early-attested site in the Parish of Barking

Historical Forms

Upney (place) 1539 FF 1578 EA(OS)i

Etymology

Upney is Upney (place )1539FF , 1578 EA (OS) i. 'Upon the marshland.' OE uppan and eg . Cf. Upton End (PN BedsHu 177), earlier Uppenende .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Barking