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Upton on Severn, market town and par. with ry. sta. (Upton), Worcestershire, on river Severn, 5½ miles NW. of Tewkesbury, 6 miles SE. of Malvern, and 119 miles NW. of London, 3170 ac., pop. 2485; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Thursday. Upton is a well-built town with a considerable trade, the river being navigable here for vessels of 100 tons. Upton was occupied by Cromwell's troops before the battle of Worcester.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "market town and parish with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Upton upon Severn CP/AP Worcestershire AncC |
| Place: | Upton upon Severn |
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