Upham, Hampshire
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| Upham | |
  Upham shown within Hampshire |
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| Population | 616 [1] |
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| OS grid reference | |
| Parish | Upham |
| District | City of Winchester |
| Shire county | Hampshire |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Southampton |
| Postcode district | SO32 |
| Dialling code | 01489 |
| Police | Hampshire |
| Fire | Hampshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Winchester (constituency) |
| Website: Upham Parish Council | |
| List of places: UK • England • Hampshire | |
Upham is a small village and civil parish in the south of England located in Hampshire approximately 7 miles south east of Winchester .
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[edit] The village
There is a small post office and a local primary school. The village is divided into two parts, Upham, based around the church to the north, and Lower Upham, centred on the post office and main road. Local interests include football at the local recreation ground and evenings out in the local pub, There are three pubs, the Brushmakers Arms (the only pub of this name in England), the Alma Inn and the Woodman. Other features include a village pond.
The village features an antiquated, almost hierarchical social composition, resembling the traditional feudal English village setup, revolving around a few powerful land owners or aristocrats, a significant bourgeoise class and a rural agricultural working class community.[citation needed]
[edit] Transport
Lower Upham is crossed by the B2177, formerly the A333 Winchester to Portsmouth road; there are no other main roads in the parish. There is a regular bus service to Winchester, Twyford, Colden Common, Bishop's Waltham and Fareham.
The parish is crossed by many trackways and paths including the Monarch's Way, Pilgrims' Trail and King's Way. In the south of the parish King's Way and the Pilgrims' Trail partly use the course of the former Roman road from Winchester to Portchester, which passes between Upham and Lower Upham.[2][3]
[edit] Geology
Upham lies on the northern margin of the Paleogene deposits of the Hampshire Basin. The north of the parish is on chalk with the Lambeth Group and London Clay to the south.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Parish Headcounts, Area: Upham CP. Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics (2001). Retrieved on 2008-03-11.
- ^ Ordnance Survey (2007), Meon Valley, Portsmouth, Gosport & Fareham, Explorer 119, 1:25,000 scale map, Southampton: Ordnance Survey, ISBN 0-319-23596-3
- ^ Ordnance Survey (2001), Roman Britain south sheet, 5th Ed, 1:625,000 map, Southampton: Ordnance Survey, ISBN 0-319-29029-8
- ^ Andrews I.J. & Balson P.S. (1995), Wight: Sheet 50N 02W Solid Geology, 1:250,000 geological map series, Keyworth: British Geological Survey, ISBN 0-75183088-5.
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