Upton is a village on the Wirral Peninsula and is situated about 4 miles from Birkenhead and 4 miles from both the Dee Estuary and River Mersey.
Upton was originally an Anglo-Saxon farming community, and remained as a farming community until the village's rapid urbanisation and expansion from the mid-19th century.
The name is from the Old English ‘upp’, meaning up, high or a hill, and ‘tūn’, meaning a farmstead or settlement. Upton therefore means Hill Farm. This is still visible today, as Upton is located on a low hill. As the name Upton is fairly common, it was historically known as Upton in Wyrhale (in 1307) or more recently Upton by Birkenhead.
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If anybody would like to expand this series please do. I would just ask that you let Smokeypugs know first so they can keep track of the Village Sign numbers and names to avoid duplication.
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