Difference between revisions of "Upton, Aylesbury"

From Wikishire
Jump to: navigation, search
(Created page with "{{hatnote|Not to be confused with Upton, Slough, also in Buckinghamshire}} {{Infobox town |name=Upton |county=Buckinghamshire |picture=Terrace at Upton, near Aylesbury, Bu...")
 
 
Line 8: Line 8:
 
|latitude=51.797
 
|latitude=51.797
 
|longitude=-0.881
 
|longitude=-0.881
|postcode=
+
|postcode=HP17
|post town=
+
|post town=Aylesbury
 
|population=
 
|population=
 
|census year=
 
|census year=
Line 16: Line 16:
 
|website=
 
|website=
 
}}
 
}}
'''Upton''' is a hamlet]] in the midst of [[Buckinghamshire]], standing to the north-east of [[Dinton, Buckinghamshire|Dinton]] and south-west of [[Stone, Buckinghamshire|Stone]], and three miles west of [[Aylesbury].  It is at the junction between the new road from [[Aylesbury]] to [[Thame]] road, and the old road before it was rerouted.
+
'''Upton''' is a hamlet in the midst of [[Buckinghamshire]], standing to the north-east of [[Dinton, Buckinghamshire|Dinton]] and south-west of [[Stone, Buckinghamshire|Stone]], and three miles west of [[Aylesbury]].  It is at the junction between the new road from [[Aylesbury]] to [[Thame]] road, and the old road before it was rerouted.
  
 
The hamlet name is a commonplace one, and means 'higher farm', referring in this case to the hamlet's location at the top of an adjacent hill to Dinton.
 
The hamlet name is a commonplace one, and means 'higher farm', referring in this case to the hamlet's location at the top of an adjacent hill to Dinton.

Latest revision as of 08:27, 16 April 2019

Upton
Buckinghamshire
Terrace at Upton, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire - geograph-2059550.jpg
Terrace at Upton
Location
Grid reference: SP772115
Location: 51°47’49"N, 0°52’52"W
Data
Post town: Aylesbury
Postcode: HP17
Local Government

Upton is a hamlet in the midst of Buckinghamshire, standing to the north-east of Dinton and south-west of Stone, and three miles west of Aylesbury. It is at the junction between the new road from Aylesbury to Thame road, and the old road before it was rerouted.

The hamlet name is a commonplace one, and means 'higher farm', referring in this case to the hamlet's location at the top of an adjacent hill to Dinton.

References