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 Badsworth

Historical Forms

  • Uptun, Upton 1086 DB 1245 Lib 1272 Ebor 1337 FF 1598 FF
  • Opton 1218 FF, Kirkst
  • Hupton 1244 Fees
  • Upton 1295 YI
  • Uppeton 1316 Vill

Etymology

'Upper farmstead', v. upp , tūn .