Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for UPTON

UPTON, a parish, with a village, in Blofield district, Norfolk; 1¼ mile NNW of Acle, and 5 NE of Brundall r. station. Post town, Acle. Acres, 1,693. Real property, with Fishley, £4,489. Pop. of U. alone, 601. Houses, 127. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Ranworth. The church is old. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, and a national school.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Upton AP       Blofield RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Upton

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