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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Upton

Historical Forms

  • Opetune 1086 DB
  • Upton 1285 FA
  • Upton juxta Wodeweston 1286 Ass

Etymology

'Upper farm,' either from its general situation or (with Weston) from their relation to Alconbury in particular.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site