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 Lovell

Major Settlement in the Parish of Upton Lovell

Historical Forms

  • Ubbantun, Ubbantuninga gemære 957 BCS992 13th
  • Ubeton 1199 Abbr 1200 Cur 1291 Tax 1316,1428 FA
  • Ubbeton 1200 FF 1297 Pat 1386 FF 1430 Cl
  • Obeton 1242 Fees 1387 Pat
  • Obbetone 1327 SR
  • Lovells Upton 1526 Ct
  • Upton Lovell 1597 FF
  • Ubton 1624 ib

Etymology

'Ubba 's farm,' v. tun . William Lovell held the manor in 1428 (FA). The second form means 'the boundary of the people of Upton.' Cf. ingas , (ge)mære.

Places in the same Parish