Norfolk: Upton
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Upton is about 11 miles E. of Norwich.
It forms a united civil parish with Fishley.
They are together known as Upton with Fishley and as
Upton cum Fishley.
See also Fishley.
Cemeteries
- Norfolk Family History Society
- Monumental Inscriptions of Upton, Norfolk.
[Norwich, Norfolk Family History Society, date unknown]
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
Census
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
Church Directories
- In 1883 the parish was in the
Deanery of Blofield, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both
before and after this date.
- The parish church is dedicated to St Margaret of Antioch.
-
Nearby Churches of all denominations.
Church History
- Church of St Margaret of Antioch
- Description, pictures, minister, services, parish magazine, etc.
- Church of St Margaret of Antioch
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St Margaret of Antioch
- Services, etc.
- Church of St Margaret of Antioch
- Picture of the church.
Church Records
- Marriages 1558-1812
- See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 1.
- Marriages
- These are included in
Boyd's Marriage Index.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
Civil Registration
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837
and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Upton was in
Blofield Registration District.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Civil Registration
Description and Travel
- Upton with Fishley Parish Council
- Minutes, meetings, etc.
- Upton History Group
- Description, history, pictures, etc.
- Upton Tower Mill
- Description, history and map.
- Upton Black Drainage Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel
Directories
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
Historical Geography
Upton is in Walsham Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Walsham Hundred
- Description of Walsham Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
History
- Hill, Percival Oakley
- A history of Upton, Norfolk, with an introduction and
"History of the Manor of Upton" by Walter Rye.
[Norwich, Agas H. Goose, 1891]
Land and Property
- Great Britain: Statute
- Upton and Fishley Inclosure and Drainage Act, 1799.
An act for dividing, allotting, and inclosing, the arable
lands, intermixed pastures, open fields, half year lands,
commons, and waste grounds, within the parish of Upton, in the
county of Norfolk, and such parts of the open fields, called
Upton Field and Fishley Crofts, as lie in the parish of
Fishley, in the said county, and for draining the same,
21st March 1799.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1799]
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Land and Property
Maps
- Modern and Historical Maps
- Maps of the parish.
Military Records
- Roll of Honour
- World Wars 1 and 2.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records
Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc
Population
These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the
10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and
single occupiers.
Year |
Inhabited Houses |
Families |
Population |
1801 | 58 | 73 |
337 Upton |
| 1 |
1 |
10 Fishley |
1811 | 62 | 81 |
362 Both |
1821 | 62 | 91 |
465 Both |
1831 | 68 | 100 |
510 Both |
1841 | 109 | -- |
519 Upton |
| 1 |
-- |
9 Fishley |
1851 | 115 | -- |
564 Upton |
| 1 |
-- |
4 Fishley |
|
Year |
Inhabited Houses |
Families |
Population |
1861 | 127 | -- |
601 Upton |
| 1 |
-- |
10 Fishley |
1871 | 122 | 125 | 558 Both |
1881 | 124 | 129 | 531 Both |
1891 | 115 | 115 | 530 Both |
1901 | 118 | 118 | 492 Both |
1911 | -- | 114 | 483 Both |
|
There may be more people living in detached parts of the parish (if there
were any) and, if so, the number may or may not be included in the figures
above. It is quite difficult to be sure from the population tables.
- 1851 and 1861 Censuses
- "Parts of the following Parishes in the South Walsham Subdistrict,
are situate in the Marshes at distances varying from two to seven
miles from the respective villages: South Walsham St. Lawrence,
Upton, Acle, Halvergate, Tunstall, Wickhampton, Freethorpe, and
Reedham."
- 1901 Census
- "Including Cargate Green, and Upton Green."
Voting Registers
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