Upton, Newark
| Upton | |
| Nottinghamshire | |
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK735544 |
| Location: | 53°4’55"N, 0°54’11"W |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | NG23 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Newark and Sherwood |
Upton is a small village in Nottinghamshire, two miles east of Southwell, five miles west of Newark-on-Trent and three miles south of Hockerton. It is on the A612 Nottingham-Newark road.
In 1889, the village was described as sitting on a bend in the main road, "on the summit of a hill which commands a fine view of the Trent Valley. The church is a prominent feature in the landscape.
The village had a population of 425 at the 2011 census.
Parish church
The parish church of St Peter and St Paul is 13th century, built in the Perpendicular style. The tower of the church was also used as a dovecote.[1]
The church has a substantial Perpendicular Gothic tower crowned by eight pinnacles, and having in the centre a lofty master pinnacle which rises above its neighbours, and so adds materially to the effect."[2]
About the village
There is one pub, The Cross Keys, and a village hall. The home of the British Horological Institute is in Upton; based at Upton Hall.
What once was the village shop is now a private house.
Upton Mill was a wooden postmill built c. 1814. Still in use in 1905 the body of the mill had gone by 1911, the roundhouse being re-roofed and retained as a store.[3]
History
In 1852, Upton was described as:
"a handsome village and parish, pleasantly situated on a gentle declivity, two and a half miles east of Southwell. Its parish is in the liberty of Southwell and Scrooby, and contains 640 inhabitants and 1,408 acre of land, enclosed in 1795, and exonerated from tithes by allotments to the vicar and appropriator. The Rev. J. Banks Wright is lord of the manor, and owner of about 60 acres of land. There are a few other small freeholders, but it is mostly copy hold under the Archbishop, or leasehold under the Chapter of Southwell. The latter are appropriators and patrons of the vicarage, which is valued in the King's books at £4 11s 5½d, now at £91, and is enjoyed by the Rev. Frederick William Naylor, who erected a neat Sunday School in the village, and resides at the vicarage house, a neat mansion erected a few years ago. The church is a small gothic fabric, dedicated to St Peter, with a chancel and handsome tower, in which are four bells. There is a small Methodist chapel. Upton Hall is the delightful seat of the Dowager Lady Galway. It is a large, elegant mansion, surrounded with pleasure grounds, from which extensive and beautiful prospects are seen. It was built by the late Thomas Wright Esq., on the site of the old manor house. J.C. Wood of Normanton, and W. Esam of Averham Park have estates here."[4]
Outside links
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- British Horological Institute
- Gill, Harry: Upton Church in 'Transactions of the Thoroton Society' (1913) (on Nottinghamshire History)
References
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire, 1951; 1979 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09636-1
- ↑ 1889 article by Cornelius Brown
- ↑ Shaw, T. (1995). Windmills of Nottinghamshire. Page 40. Nottingham: Nottinghamshire County Council. ISBN 0-900986-12-3
- ↑ Information on Upton, Newark from GENUKI - White's Directory of Nottinghamshire, 1853
