Upton-upon-Severn
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Upton-upon-Severn is a small town in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England, on the River Severn, often incorrectly called Upton-on-Severn. The bridge is the only one across the river Severn between Worcester and Tewkesbury. The former bridge was replaced by the present one about 100 yards upstream in the 1920s. Upton was founded in 897. Oliver Cromwell's soldiers crossed the Severn here before the Battle of Worcester in the English Civil War.
The town is known for its distinctive tower and copper-clad cupola known as the Pepper Pot, the sole surviving remnant of a former church, and for its summer jazz festival, Blues Festival and spring folk festival. Upton is 5 miles from Malvern.
It is said to be the model for Market Snodsbury, the fictional town in the Jeeves and Wooster novels of P. G. Wodehouse and the site of Brinkley Court. It is also notable for being the birthplace of Formula 1 racing-driver Nigel Mansell (though he moved shortly afterwards to Hall Green, Birmingham.
Upton used to have a railway station on a branch line from Ashchurch to Malvern, with the intermediate stations Tewkesbury, Ripple, Upton on Severn (see: http://www.miac.org.uk/images/uptonticket.jpg) and Malvern Wells (Hanley Road), but the Upton to Malvern section closed in December 1952 and the rest in August 1961.
Upton Marina is home to Mercia Inshore Search and Rescue.
The current population (2005) is around 3000. It is in the West Worcestershire parliamentary constituency.
The location is at .
[edit] External links
- http://www.upton.uk.net/
- Images of Upton-Upon-Severn
- 1881 census data
- Jazz festival
- Upton Free Blues Festival
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