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Leicestershire Towns & Parishes

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Upton

Description in 1871:
"UPTON, a township in Sibson parish, Leicester; 4 miles SW of Market-Bosworth. Real property, £2,016. Pop., 145. Houses, 31."
John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales", 1870-1872

Census

• The parish was in the Market Bosworth sub-district of the Market Bosworth Registration District.
  
  
• The 1851 Census for Leicestershire has been indexed by the Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society. The whole index is available on microfiche. The society has also published it in print.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The inhabitants of this parish attended church in Sibson.
  
  
• The webpage author has found no record of a church here.
  
  

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Church Records

• Check the Anglican parish register of SIbson (which dates from 1559).
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Market Bosworth sub-district of the Market Bosworth Registration District.
  
  
• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
  
  

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Description and Travel.

Upton is a village, a township and a parish which lies about 106 miles north of London and 4 miles southwest of Market Bosworth. The parish covered about 1,327 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A444 trunk road north out of Nuneaton or southeast out of Twycross. About a mile south of the B585 crossing (just beyond Sibson) lies a road to the east that leads toUpton.
  
  

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Manors

• In 1881, the Manor House was occupied by Samuel Abell BERRY, a farmer.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SP 3699.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• This place was an ancient chapelry and township in Leicestershire and became a modern Civil Parish in December, 1866.
  
  
• The parish is in the ancient Sparkenhoe Hundred in the southern division of the county.
  
  
• In April, 1935, this parish was abolished and the area of 1,327 acres amalgamated with the new Sheepy Civil Parish.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Market Bosworth Poorlaw Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1841	148
1871	136
1881	103
1891	105
1901	94
1911	109
1921	110
1931	104

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Schools

• The children of this parish attended school in Sibson.
  
  

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