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.

Uppingtown

Other OS name in the Parish of Hinton Martell

Etymology

, cf. Uppington Grd 1838TA , probably from OE  upp-in -tūne ' (land) higher upin the village ' , v. upp , in , tūn ; this is the highest part of the par .