In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Upham like this:
UPHAM, a parish, with a village, in Droxford district, Hants; 2½ miles NNW of Bishops-Waltham r. station. It has a post-office under Southampton. Acres, 2,852. Real property, £2,705. Pop., 589. Houses, 132. The property is much subdivided. Relics of a Roman villa were found in 1849. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £420.* Patron, the Bishop of W. The church is in mixed architecture and good. There are a Methodist chapel and a national school. Dr. Young, author of "Night Thoughts," was a native.
Upham through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Upham, in Winchester and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3156
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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