Upton





Overview
Formerly a township in Broxton Hundred, it included the hamlet of Upton Heath. The population was 173 in 1801, 555 in 1851, 1,769 in 1901 and 6,343 in 1951.

Links

 * Upton Local History website (very useful, extensive and well-informed);
 * Upton in old newspapers, around 1900;
 * Cheshire Trade Directories;
 * "The Oaks" Upton - home of Andrews Crompton from 1915-33 and its connection with William Hesketh Lever.