Monument record 0408900000 - UPTON VILLAGE

Summary

Medieval to post-medieval settlement of Upton, recorded in Domesday Book.

Protected Status/Designation

Conservation Area: Dinton, Westlington, Upton and Gibraltar Conservation Areas
Planning Notification Area: Earthworks of shrunken Medieval village and manors at Upton
SHINE: Upton deserted medieval village earthworks with manor site, fishponds and associated ridge and furrow cultivation earthworks

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Type and Period (3)

MANOR (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)
(Former Type) VILL (Recorded 1086, 11th Century - 1000 AD to 1099 AD)
HAMLET (Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Upton was a village of earl Harold. It answers for 18 hides. Land for 10 ploughs; in lordship 2 1/2 hides; 2 ploughs there. 19 villagers with 5 smallholders have 15 ploughs. 2 slaves; 1 mill at 4s; from the fishery 1,000 eels; meadow for 2 ploughs; woodland, 200 pigs. In total it pays £21 a year assayed and weighed; before 1066 it paid £15 at face value.
In Upton Robert holds 3 1/2 hides from William [Peverel]. Land for 5 ploughs; in lordship 2. 8 villagers with 3 smallholders have 3 ploughs. 3 slaves; meadow for 5 ploughs. The value is and always was 60s. Alwin, Queen Edith's man, held this manor; he could sell.
Miles Crispin holds 1 1/2 hides in Upton. Alric holds from him. Land for 1 plough; it is there, with 1 villager and 2 smallholders. 2 slaves. The value is and always was 20s. This thane also held before 1066 (B11).
Domesday: 2 parts, Nether Upton & Upper Upton, separately surveyed & described (B1).
After Conquest part of Honour of Peverel of Nottingham. C13 held by Hussey family. Early C14 granted to Abbey of Oseney, held till Dissolution. Granted 1541 to Sir John Baldwin then passed to Borlases & C18 to Wallops (B2).
Aerial photographs taken in 1996 reveal additional earthworks (B3).
Conservation Area designated 5th March 2008. See appraisal (B12).

Sources (15)

---SBC18893 Aerial Photograph: 12/12/46. RAF 40.4070. SP\771118. Yes.
<1>SBC7583 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 2 P156.
<2>SBC20461 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1908. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume II. Volume 2. pp276-277.
<3>SBC163 Aerial Photograph: AERIAL PHOTO.
<4>SBC11904 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R (BCM) 18 NOV 1977 FIELD VISIT.
<5>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
<6>SBC2962 Bibliographic reference: CLARK T H & BABB L M C (BCM) JANUARY 1994.
<7>SBC2974 Bibliographic reference: CLARK T H, BABB L M C & FARLEY M E (BCM) JUNE-JULY 1994 (SEE NOTES & CORRESPONDENCE WITH DR KING,.
<8>SBC2965 Bibliographic reference: CLARK T H & FARLEY M E (BCM) FEBRUARY 1995 (BCM ENTRY FORM NUMBER 1605) (SEE NOTES ETC, FILED).
<9>SBC2966 Verbal communication: 1995. CLARK T H & FARLEY M E (BCM) MARCH 1995.
<10>SBC19888 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum and T Clark. 1994-5. Correspondence regarding the identification of finds from field to the east of Lower Farm, Upton.
<11>SBC4271 Bibliographic reference: John Morris (ed). 1978. Domesday Book: Buckinghamshire. 1:5, 16:2, 23:1.
<12>SBC23089 Bibliographic reference: Aylesbury Vale District Council. 2007. Dinton, Westlington, Upton and Gibraltar Conservation Areas.
<13>SBC19883 Aerial Photograph: Mike Farley. 1996. A25/27/13 - Blommer and Upton. SP7730 1100. Yes.
<14>SBC19888 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum and T Clark. 1994-5. Correspondence regarding the identification of finds from field to the east of Lower Farm, Upton.

Location

Grid reference	SP 77400 11450 (point)
Civil Parish	DINTON-WITH-FORD AND UPTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Feb 19 2024 11:32AM