UPTON BY CHESTER
"UPTON, a township in that part of the parish of ST.MARY CHESTER, which is in the lower division of the hundred of BROXTON, county palatine of CHESTER, 2¼ miles (N.) from Chester, containing 206 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
- Upton by Chester was a township in the ancient parishes of Chester: St. Mary on the Hill and Chester: St. Oswald, Broxton hundred (SJ 4169), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- It includes the hamlet of Upton Heath.
- The population was 173 in 1801, 555 in 1851, 1769 in 1901, 6343 in 1951, and 7800 in 2001.
Churches
- Chester: St. Mary on the Hill (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the greater part (1048 acres) of the township of Upton by Chester.
- Chester: St. Oswald (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the smaller part (106 acres) of the township of Upton by Chester.
- Chester: St. Thomas of Canterbury (Church of England). Built in 1872 as a chapel to Chester: St. Oswald, which it succeeded as the district church in 1881.
- Upton: Holy Ascension (Church of England). Built in 1854 as a chapel to Chester: St. Mary on the Hill, becoming the district church for Upton by Chester in 1882.
- Upton, United Reformed Church (Independent/Congregational), Heath Road. Built in 1860, rebuilt in 1900.
| Ascension, Upton (Chester), Church of England |
| Heath Road, Upton (Chester), Congregationalist |
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Upton area or see them printed on a map.
Civil Registration
- Great Boughton (1837-69)
- Chester (1870-1937)
- West Cheshire (1937-74)
- Chester & Ellesmere Port (1974-98)
- Cheshire West (1998-2007)
- Cheshire (2007-09)
- Cheshire West & Chester (2009+)
Court Records
- Broxton (1828-71)
- Chester Castle (1871-1974)
- Chester (1974-2001)
- Chester, Ellesmere Port & Neston (2001-12)
- West Cheshire (2012+)
Gazetteers
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Historical Geography
- 1954 April 1 — Lost part to Chester (22 acres, pop. 10 in 1951)
You can see the administrative areas in which UPTON BY CHESTER has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
Maps
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ408689 (Lat/Lon: 53.213846, -2.887957), UPTON BY CHESTER which are provided by:
- This place shown on an OpenStreetMap map.
- Google Streetview
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
- National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- Elgin Road Works
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Politics and Government
- Chester Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
- Chester Rural District (1894-1974)
- Chester (1974-2009)
- Cheshire West & Chester (2009+)
Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.
- Great Boughton (1837-71)
- Chester (1871-1930)
Voting Registers
- South Cheshire (1832-67)
- West Cheshire (1868-85)
- Eddisbury (1885-1915)
- Chster (1918-74)