English Explanatory Dictionary

Upton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Any of several places in England:
  2. A hamlet in Dinton with Ford and Upton parish, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP7711).
  3. A hamlet in Hurstbourne Tarrant parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU3655).
  4. A settlement in Nursling and Rownhams parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU3717).
  5. A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ2688).
  6. A village in Upton with Fishley parish, Broadland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG3912).
  7. A village in Headon cum Upton parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7476).
  8. A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7354).
  9. A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU5186)
  10. A hamlet in Burford parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP2412).
  11. A village and civil parish (served by Upton and North Elmsall Parish Council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE4713).
  12. A locality in Cosheston community, Pembrokeshire, Wales, including Upton Castle (OS grid ref SN0204).

Pronunciation

/ˈʌptən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Upton.wav

Word forms

Upton Uptons

Etymology

From Old English upp (“up”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Derived words

Headon cum Upton Ratley and Upton Upton County Upton Hill Uptonian Upton Magna Upton-on-Severn Upton Park Upton Pyne Upton Scudamore Upton with Fishley Waters Upton
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