Upton Village

Gwen Greenough came from an old Upton family. The first mention I can find in the parish register is in 1724 with “Henry ye son of Henry and Elizabeth Greeniph baptiz.”, followed in 1733 by: “Will son of Henry and Eliz Grinif baptised April 8.” Gwen’s mother was a Winter, and this family goes back… Continue reading »

The Upton Inclosure Award (PDF) for the village of Upton, Berkshire is amongst the earliest in the country; having been made in the thirty second year of the reign of George II (1759), i.e. 6 years before the battle of Trafalgar. Most Awards were made in the reign of George III (1760 – 1820). It was… Continue reading »

In November 2003 the parish records were sorted and sifted, as they could not all be accommodated in the Village Hall storage area.

(A resumé of the first section of Juliet Gardiner’s A Random History of Upton, Part 3) A manor was an estate, held by the Lord of the Manor, originally in the gift of the king. Many Norman lords held several, scattered about the country. There was not necessarily a manor house, but usually there would… Continue reading »

A BRIEF HISTORY OF UPTON SCHOOL 1863-1971 Before the 1870 Elementary Education Act offered schooling for all it was the churches who led the philanthropic effort to educate the “working classes”. When the Diocese of Oxford was planning a village school at Upton the Government gave a grant but took no other responsibility. From the… Continue reading »

Compiled by Elsa Wilkins with additions by Hugh Kearsey Preface It had been intended to produce a history of Upton for the “Upton Weekend” in 1995, but the discovery of much more information at the last moment, in particular the Parish Diary kept by the late Rev. Hooper from 1860 to 1894, made that task… Continue reading »