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.

Uphampton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ombersley

Historical Forms

Uphampton 1275 Ass

Huphamton 1275 SR

Ophampton, Uponton 1337 WoCh 1570 Wills

Etymology

'The hamtun on high ground.'

Places in the same Parish