Place:Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, England

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NameUpton-upon-Severn
Alt namesUptonsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Upton upon Severnsource: Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-181
TypeTown
Coordinates52.072°N 2.217°W
Located inWorcestershire, England
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Upton-upon-Severn (or Upton-on-Severn) is a small town and civil parish in the Malvern Hills District of Worcestershire, England, on the River Severn. According to the national census 2001 it had a population of 2,859.[1] Located from Malvern, the bridge at Upton is the only one across the river Severn between Worcester and Tewkesbury. The present bridge was built in 1940.[2] Upton was founded in 897. Oliver Cromwell's soldiers crossed the Severn here before the Battle of Worcester in the English Civil War. The town has a distinctive tower and copper-clad cupola known locally as the Pepperpot and the only surviving remnant of a former church.[3]

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