Upton Warren, Worcestershire

Historical Description

Upton Warren, a village and a parish in Worcestershire, on the Upton brook, 1¼ mile W of Stoke Works station on the M.R., 3 miles S of Bromsgrove, and 3½ NNE of Droitwich. Post town, Bromsgrove. Acreage, 2520; population of the civil parish, 293; of the ecclesiastical, 312. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. The manor belongs to the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester; gross value, £546 with residence. Patron, the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot. The church consists of chancel, rebuilt in 1724, nave, rebuilt in 1798, and an Early English tower.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Upton Warren from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Upton-Warren (St. Michael))

Land and Property

The full transcript of the Worcestershire section of the Return of Owners of Land, 1873.

Maps

Online maps of Upton Warren are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Worcestershire papers online:

• Worcester Journal
• Worcestershire Chronicle
• Worcester Herald

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Worcestershire 1569 is available on the Heraldry page.