Upton, Newark and Sherwood

Coordinates: 53°04′55″N 0°54′11″W / 53.082°N 0.903°W / 53.082; -0.903
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Not to be confused with Upton, Bassetlaw; Upton, Buckinghamshire; Upton, Northamptonshire; or Upton, Peterborough.

Upton
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEWARK
Postcode districtNG23
Dialling code01636
PoliceNottinghamshire
FireNottinghamshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
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UK
England
Nottinghamshire
53°05′06″N 0°54′04″W / 53.085°N 0.901°W / 53.085; -0.901
A612 Nottingham-Newark road. In 1889, the village was described as sitting on a bend in the main road, "on the summit of a hill which commands a fine view of the Trent Valley.... The church, which is a prominent feature in the landscape, has a substantial Perpendicular tower crowned by eight pinnacles, and having in the centre a lofty master pinnacle which rises above its neighbours, and so adds materially to the effect."[1]

The village had a population of 425 at the 2011 census,[2] falling slightly to 419 at the 2021 census.[3] The parish church of St Peter and St Paul is 13th century, built in the Perpendicular style. The tower of the church was also used as a dovecote.[4] There is also a village hall and a public house (The Cross Keys). It is also the home of the British Horological Institute based at Upton Hall. The Clock House, a tea room, is located next to the Hall. What once was the village shop is now a private house. Upton Mill was a wooden post mill built c. 1814. Still in use in 1905 the body of the mill had gone by 1911, the roundhouse being re-roofed and retained as a store.[5]

Historical

In the 1640s the jobs of the village were shared between the families who lived there. Some detail exists of this as the farmer and recent widow

Jane Kitchen became the village's constable in 1644. She had the responsibility of the job although she employed William Chappell to do any public tasks. It was a tricky time as the country was at war. Nearby Nottingham was for the parliamentarians and Newark Royalists. Sir John Meldrum laid siege to Newark and Kitchen had the task of sending hens and calves from her own and her neighbours when the siege ended Lord Loughborough troops required feeding. Kitchen kept detailed notes and someone else took over the following year.[6]

In 1852, Upton was described as "a handsome village and parish, pleasantly situated on a gentle declivity, two and a half miles east of

Lady Galway. It is a large, elegant mansion, surrounded by pleasure grounds, from which extensive and beautiful prospects are seen. It was built by the late Thomas Wright Esq., on the site of the old manor house. J.C. Wood of Normanton, and W. Esam of Averham Park have estates here."[7]

Notable residents

See also

References

  1. ^ 1889 article by Cornelius Brown
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  3. Office for National Statistics
    . Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  4. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus. (1979). The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire. page 361.Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.
  5. ISBN 0-900986-12-3
  6. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/73211
    .
  7. ^ White's Directory of Nottinghamshire 1853

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