Upavon, East Dorset

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Upavon is a village in East Dorset

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Upavon within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Upavon in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Upavon (or Uphaven), par. and vil., Wilts, on river Avon, 4 miles SW. of Pewsey and 9 SE. of Devizes, 3329 ac., pop. 484; P.O.; was formerly a market town, and had a priory founded in time of Henry I.; Upavon Hill has traces of an ancient camp.

Upavon in the Domesday Book

A village in Swanborough hundred, in the county of Wiltshire.

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