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 and Signet

Historical Forms

Upeton' 1200 Cur

Hupton' 1200 Fine

Huptone 1214 FF

Upton' 1203 NRSv

Opton 1295 Ipm

Etymology

'Higher tūn,' first element upp-.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Battle Edge

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Signet