Upton, Peterborough

Human settlement in England

Peterborough

Cambridgeshire

Region

East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townPeterboroughPostcode districtPE6PoliceCambridgeshireFire Cambridgeshire Ambulance East of England UK Parliament

North West Cambridgeshire

List of places: UK; England; Cambridgeshire

52°35′28″N 0°22′02″W / 52.5912°N 0.3672°W / 52.5912; -0.3672

Upton is a village and civil parish in the Peterborough district, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England.^[1] For electoral purposes it forms part of Glinton and Wittering ward in North West Cambridgeshire constituency.^[2] The population of the parish is included in the 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.^[3] It is set in the fields to the east of the village, 100 yards from the Roman King Street.

References

^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 142 Peterborough (Market Deeping & Chatteris) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319229248.
^ "Ordnance Survey Election Maps". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1127440)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 April 2016.