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Upton Magna

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Population
  
321 (2011)

Civil parish
  
Upton Magna

Region
  
West Midlands

Local time
  
Sunday 8:55 PM

UK parliament constituency
  
Shrewsbury and Atcham

OS grid reference
  
SJ554125

Ceremonial county
  
Shropshire

Country
  
England

Dialling code
  
01743

Unitary authority
  
Shropshire

Upton Magna

Weather
  
10°C, Wind SE at 8 km/h, 66% Humidity

Upton Magna is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. (Magna is Latin, meaning "great". Therefore, the translation of Upton Magna is "Great Upton".) Nearby are the villages of Uffington, Rodington and Withington, as well as the wooded Haughmond Hill.

Map of Upton Magna, Shrewsbury, UK

Upton Magna is notable for containing the oldest still-standing cottage in Europe – Cruck Cottage, a thatch-roofed, timber-framed cottage located near the church. Tests on the timber in the cottage showed it to come from 1269.

The nearest town to Upton Magna is Shrewsbury, just 2.4 miles to the west. Key features of the village include a primary school, a Church of England parish church (dedicated to St Lucia), a village hall, a pub (The Haughmond, formerly the Corbet Arms), a post office and a small business park.

Upton Magna is situated on the National Cycle Route 81 between Wellington and Shrewsbury.

Upton Magna is identifiably the "Upton-under-Amon" where John Plimmer (1812–1905) was reportedly born, "Amon" being Haughmond Hill. He later emigrated to New Zealand, where he became known as "the father of Wellington". He was registered as having been baptised, with the parental names given as Isaac and Mary, on 19 July 1812 at the parish church.

Civil engineer Sir Henry Maybury (1864-1943) was educated at Upton Magna village school. Sir Derrick Capper (1912-1977), ultimately Chief Constable West Midlands Police, was son of a farmer at Downton, Upton Magna.

References

Upton Magna Wikipedia