Upton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Upton
Historical Forms
- Uptune 958 BCS1029 14th
- Upetun 1086 DB
- Uppeton 1167,1194 P
- Upton' (Archiepiscopi) 1185 ib
- Upton'juxta Suwell 1305 Ass
- Upton'on Hill 1586 Wills
- Huptun 1235 Fees
Etymology
'Higher farm,' v. uppe , tun . The centre of the village is on the summit of a low hill. Upton was granted with Southwell to the Archbishop of York by King Eadwig (BCS 1029).