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Upton

  • /ˈʌptən/

Where it comes from

From Old English upp (“up”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

proper noun Uptons

  1. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Dinton with Ford and Upton parish, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP7711).
  2. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Hurstbourne Tarrant parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU3655).
  3. countable, uncountable A settlement in Nursling and Rownhams parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU3717).
  4. countable, uncountable A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ2688).
  5. countable, uncountable A village in Upton with Fishley parish, Broadland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG3912).
  6. countable, uncountable A village in Headon cum Upton parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7476).
  7. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7354).
  8. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU5186)
  9. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Burford parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP2412).
  10. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish (served by Upton and North Elmsall Parish Council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE4713).
  11. countable, uncountable A locality in Cosheston community, Pembrokeshire, Wales, including Upton Castle (OS grid ref SN0204).
  12. countable, uncountable A village between Cork and Bandon, County Cork, Ireland.
  13. countable, uncountable A municipality in Acton Regional County Municipality, Montérégie region, Quebec, Canada.
  14. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Black Township, Posey County, Indiana.
  15. countable, uncountable A minor city in Hardin County and LaRue County, Kentucky.
  16. countable, uncountable A town in Oxford County, Maine.
  17. countable, uncountable A neighbourhood in western Baltimore, Maryland.
  18. countable, uncountable A town and census-designated place therein, in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
  19. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Texas County, Missouri.
  20. countable, uncountable A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.
  21. countable, uncountable A town in Weston County, Wyoming.
  22. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.
  23. countable, uncountable A male given name transferred from the surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: leung, weston, easton, barton, whittington, holton, townsend, winthrop, marston, wootton, donnington, acton, stretton, upton magna, sutton, allington

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"Upton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/upton. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Upton. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/upton

Chicago

"Upton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/upton.

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@misc{upton_2026,
  title = {Upton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/upton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}