Waters Upton

Waters Upton is a small village and civil parish in the Telford and Wrekin district, in the county of Shropshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 951.[1]

Waters Upton

St Michael's Church
Waters Upton
Location within Shropshire
Population951 (2011)
OS grid referenceSJ633194
Civil parish
  • Waters Upton
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTELFORD
Postcode districtTF6
Dialling code01952
PoliceWest Mercia
FireShropshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament

It was recorded in the Domesday book as "Uptone", when it was stated to be tenanted by a "Seuuard", and to have been held by a man called "Gamel" before the Conquest.[2] At the time of the survey it contained 3 ox-teams, 4 neat-herds, 4 villeins, 1 boor and 1 radman, and a mill of 12s. 1d. annual value.[2] In a reversal of the usual order seen in the naming of places and landowning families, it became known as Waters Upton after an early landowner, Walter Fitzjohn.

The civil parish, which had a total population of 873 at the 2001 census,[3] also includes the villages of Great Bolas and Crudgington.

The village is just off the A442 and has a church,[4] one pub (the Lion)[5] as well as a post office.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  2. Anderson, John Corbet. Shropshire: its early history and antiquities, Willis and Sotheran, 1864, p.153
  3. Waters Upton CP, ONS
  4. A church near you
  5. "Shropshire Pub Survey". Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Waters Upton pubs
  6. Waters Upton Post Office

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