Uppington
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 Uppington Village Hall |
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| Uppington shown within Shropshire | |
| Population | 86 (1961 Census Data) |
| OS grid reference | SJ599095 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | TELFORD |
| Postcode district | TF6 |
| Dialling code | 01952 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Shropshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
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Uppington is a village in the English county of Shropshire. It lies in the civil parish of Wroxeter and Uppington. It is situated 7.5 miles East from Shrewsbury and 4 miles South-East from Wellington. It is located within the Diocese of Lichfield, within the Rural Deanery of Wrockwardine. Uppington covers a total area of around 706 acres, much of this being open fields, used for arable and pastoral farming, as well as a small amount of local woodland.
The village of Uppington consists of various residential houses, Uppington Village Hall, Avenue Farm, Raby Farm, Raby Estates, Raby Sawmill and Uppington House. The village is fairly isolated and is only connected via four small tracks connecting it to other villages, the Northern track out of the village leads to Roman Road/B5061 and the A5. Surrounding Uppington are the small villages of Charlton, Aston, Rushton, Donnington, Uckington, Norton and Wroxeter. These small villages lay in between the two large towns of Shrewsbury and Telford. The far West of Uppington holds Uppington Village Hall, Uppington Holy Trinity Church, Uppington House and the Raby Estates. To the far East of the village is the Raby Sawmill, part of the Raby Estate of Shropshire.
The first mention of Uppington was in the Domesday Book. Uppington had 5 villagers, 4 smallholders and 6 ploughmen. In 1870–1872 John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described various topographic, political and physical features of various areas within England and Wales. Uppington was described as having a population of 95, consisting of 15 houses. In the next decade the 1881 census states that the population of Uppington Village was 101, showing a stable population with very low growth. The Parish of Wroxeter and Uppington was formed when there was little difference between church and state. The community at the time was centred on the parish church. The parish council manages local amenities, such as the operation of street lighting. In the Parish of Wroxeter and Uppington the village of Wroxeter is the largest village in the area. Wroxeter has been built around the Roman remains of Viroconium Cornoviorum,a former Roman city. It has been proposed in the past that Uppington should have Conservation Area Status. However this has been ruled out by local residents, likely to be due to the local farmers who would strongly oppose.
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