Upton Somerset Family History Guide
Upton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.
Parish church: St. James
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1708
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1597
Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
Historical Descriptions
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
UPTON, a parish, with a village, in the district of Tiverton and county of Somerset; 4½ miles ENE of Dulverton, and 12 N by E of Tiverton r. station. It has a post-office under Wiveliscombe. Acres, 3,779. Real property, £3,095. Pop., 314. Houses, 71. The manor belongs to the Earl of Carnarvon. Venn House is the seat ofW. Blake, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £70. Patron, J. Bere, Esq. The church is old, but has a recent tower.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
UPTON (St. James), a parish, in the union of Dulverton, hundred of Williton and Freemanners, W. division of Somerset, 7 miles (E. by N.) from Dulverton; containing 358 inhabitants. It is situated on the road from Brompton-Regis to Wiveliscombe, and comprises 3779a. 25p., of which 323 acres are common or waste. Stone is quarried for building, and for making roads. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £50; patron and impropriator, John Bere, Esq., whose tithes have been commuted for £241. 15.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Administration
- County: Somerset
- Civil Registration District: Tiverton
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Taunton
- Diocese: Bath and Wells
- Rural Deanery: Dunster
- Poor Law Union: Dulverton
- Hundred: Williton and Freemanors
- Province: Canterbury