Upton

Other current and historical names

Opetune

Parish/Community: Upton and Coppingford
District/Borough: Huntingdonshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°23'30"N 0°16'30"W
Eastings/Northings: 517482, 278492
OS Grid: TL174784
Mapcode Local: GBR H0N.38W
Mapcode Global: VHGLN.54ZP

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

Upton in historic gazetteers

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

Upton, par., in co. and 6 miles NW. of Huntingdon, 970 ac., pop. 125; P.O.

Upton in the Domesday Book

A village in Leightonstone hundred, in the county of Huntingdonshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Prince Edgar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Fulcwy of Bainville (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £5 in 1086
- Households: 14 villagers; 5 smallholders; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 8 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 50 acres
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 3 shillings

British Place Names

Upton, Cambridgeshire

Upton is a village in Cambridgeshire

Upton in historic gazetteers

Upton in the Domesday Book