Upton is a small village in

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, England, east of Southwell, west of

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and south of Hockerton; it lies on the A612

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road. In 1889, the village was described as sitting on a bend in the main road, "on the summit of a hill which commands a fine view of the

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Valley... . The church, which is a prominent feature in the landscape, has a substantial Perpendicular tower crowned by eight pinnacles, and having in the centre a lofty master pinnacle which rises above its neighbours, and so adds materially to the effect." The village had a population of 425 at the 2011 census. The parish church of St Peter and St Paul is 13th century, built in the

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style. The tower of the church was also used as a dovecote. There is also a village hall and a public house (The Cross Keys). It is also the home of the

British Horological Institute The British Horological Institute (BHI) is the representative body of the horological industry in the United Kingdom. It was founded by a group of clockmakers in 1858, and has its current premises at Upton Hall in Nottinghamshire, which includes ...

based at

Upton Hall Upton Hall is the headquarters of the British Horological Institute (BHI) in Upton, Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, England. It has been the headquarters since 1972. It also houses the Museum of Timekeeping consisting of a substantial col ...

. What once was the village shop is now a private house. Upton Mill was a wooden postmill built c. 1814. Still in use in 1905 the body of the mill had gone by 1911, the roundhouse being re-roofed and retained as a store.

Historical

In 1852, Upton was described as "a handsome village and parish, pleasantly situated on a gentle declivity, two and a half miles east of Southwell. Its parish is in the liberty of Southwell and

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, and contains 640 inhabitants and of land, enclosed in 1795, and exonerated from tithes by allotments to the vicar and appropriator. The Rev. J. Banks Wright is lord of the manor, and owner of about of land. There are a few other small freeholders, but it is mostly copy hold under the

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, or leasehold under the Chapter of Southwell. The latter are appropriators and patrons of the vicarage, which is valued in the King's books at £4 11s 5½d, now at £91, and is enjoyed by the Rev. Frederick William Naylor, who erected a neat Sunday School in the village, and resides at the vicarage house, a neat mansion erected a few years ago. The church is a small gothic fabric, dedicated to

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, with a chancel and handsome tower, in which are four bells. There is a small

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chapel. Upton Hall is the delightful seat of the Dowager

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. It is a large, elegant mansion, surrounded with pleasure grounds, from which extensive and beautiful prospects are seen. It was built by the late Thomas Wright Esq., on the site of the old manor house. J.C. Wood of Normanton, and W. Esam of Averham Park have estates here."White's Directory of Nottinghamshire
1853

Notable residents

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, explorer who skied to the South Pole

References

External links

British Horological Institute

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