| Name | Upton (near Castor) |
| Alt names | Upton | |
| Type | Chapelry, Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 52.591°N 0.37°W |
| Located in | Northamptonshire, England ( - 1965) |
| Also located in | Soke of Peterborough, England (1889 - 1965) | | Huntingdon and Peterborough, England (1965 - 1974) | | Cambridgeshire, England (1974 - ) |
| See also | Castor, Northamptonshire, England | ancient parish in which it was a chapelry | | Nassaborough Hundred, Northamptonshire, England | hundred in which it was located | | Peterborough Rural, Soke of Peterborough, England | rural district in which it was located 1894-1974 | | Peterborough District, Cambridgeshire, England | district municipality and unitary authority of which it has been part since 1974 |
| NOTE: Upton (near Castor) should not be confused with Upton in the parish of Upton and Coppingford, in the Huntingdonshire District of Cambridgeshire to the south.
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From 1889 until 1965 Upton was located near Castor in the the Soke of Peterborough. After mergers in 1965 and 1974 the county became part of Cambridgeshire. It was part of the Peterborough Rural District until 1974 and is now in the Peterborough administrative district of Cambridgeshire.
- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
Upton is now a civil parish in within the unitary authority of City of Peterborough. The population of the parish, being less than 100, is included in the neighbouring civil parish of Sutton.
The parish church of St. John the Baptist is a 12th-century Norman church with a north aisle rebuilt in 17th century. It was a chapel-of-ease and was built as a daughter church to St Kyneburgha's at Castor. The church is a Grade I listed building. It is set in the fields to the east of the village, 100 yards from the Roman King Street.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Upton from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "UPTON, a chapelry in Castor parish, Northampton; 2½ miles NE of Wansford [railway] station. Post town, Peterborough. Acres: 1,680. Real property: £1,220. Population: 100. Houses: 23. Nearly all the property belongs to the Hon. G. W. Fitzwilliam. The living is a [perpetual] curacy in the diocese of Peterborough. Value: £239. Patron: the Bishop of [Peterborough]. The church was renovated in 1863."
Research Tips
- If you are researching anyone whose lifetime preceded (or even mostly preceded) 1889, the places in which he or she lived are going to be in Northamptonshire rather than the Soke of Peterborough. The Soke of Peterborough was actually a section of Northamptonshire.
- Original historical documents relating to the Soke of Peterborough are held by Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies at the County Record Office in Peterborough.
- GENUKI does not provide webpages for the Soke of Peterborough and its provision for Northamptonshire is very limited.
- The FamilyTree Wiki has a series of pages on Northamptonshire (including the Soke of Peterborough).
- A Vision of Britain through Time, section "Units and Statistics" leads to analyses of population and organization of the county from 1889 through 1974. There are pages available for all civil parishes, municipal boroughs and other administrative divisions.
- Map of Northamptonshire in 1900 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time shows the Soke of Peterborough (not labelled as such) in the top right hand corner.
- Map of Northamptonshire divisions (including the Soke of Peterborough) in 1944 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time
Categories: Northamptonshire, England | Upton (near Castor), Northamptonshire, England | Castor, Northamptonshire, England | Nassaborough Hundred, Northamptonshire, England | Soke of Peterborough, England | Peterborough Rural, Soke of Peterborough, England | Huntingdon and Peterborough, England | Cambridgeshire, England |
