Upton, is a small

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and former

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, now in the parish of

Sheepy Sheepy is a civil parish in the Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth in Leicestershire, England.OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) : It contains the villages of Sheepy Magna, Sheepy Parva, Sibson, Wellsborough, Upton, Pinwall ...

, in the

Hinckley and Bosworth Hinckley and Bosworth is a local government district with borough status in south-western Leicestershire, England, administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council. Its only towns are Hinckley, Earl Shilton and Market Bosworth. Villages in ...

district, in the county of

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, England. It is on the Leicestershire and

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border west of

Shenton Shenton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sutton Cheney, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district, in the county of Leicestershire, England, situated south-west of Market Bosworth. Shenton was formerly a chapelry an ...

and south-east of Sibson. In 1931 the parish had a population of 104. The local area is predominantly agricultural. Upton is a ribbon development with a mixture of Georgian, Victorian and more modern properties along Main Road. There is a caravan park and restaurant both operated b
Upton Barn
The hamlet has one post box. Administratively, Upton falls unde
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council
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Leicestershire County Council

History

Upton was formerly a

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in the parish of Sibson, from 1866 Upton was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished to form Sheepy.

Longhorn Cattle in Upton

In 1745, George Chapman following the work of

Robert Bakewell (farmer) Robert Bakewell (23 May 1725 – 1 October 1795) was an English agriculturalist, now recognized as one of the most important figures in the British Agricultural Revolution. In addition to work in agronomy, Bakewell is particularly notable as the ...

started a Longhorn cattle herd in Upton that proved prize winning and influential over the development of the breed during this period. The Chapman family continued breeding Longhorns into the mid 19th century Norbury, Derbyshire - Mrs Ralph Fitzherbert

Norbury, Derbyshire - Mrs Ralph Fitzherbert

Cheese in Upton

Red Leicestershire cheese is made in Upton by the Leicestershire Handmade Cheese Co. The cheese is marketed under the ‘Sparkenhoe’ name. Cheese making began in November 2005. Sparkenhoe was the name of one of the Longhorn bulls bred by the Chapman family.Robert Bakewell and the Longhorn Breed of Cattle by Pat Stanley {{ISBN, 0-85236-305-2

References

External links

Leicestershire Handmade Cheese Co
Hamlets in Leicestershire Former civil parishes in Leicestershire Hinckley and Bosworth