Upwell, Cambridgeshire

Historical Description

Upwell, a large village and an extensive parish in Cambridgeshire, 6 miles from Wisbech station on the G.E.R., with a post, money order, and telegraph office under Wisbech. Acreage, 7382; population, 1387. A steam tram runs from Upwell to the railway station at Wisbech, conveying both goods and passengers. The parish is on either side of the river Nen, which separates Cambridgeshire and Norfolk. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £760 with residence. Christ Church is a large cruciform building of brick.

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 Upwell from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Upwell (St. Peter))

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cambridgeshire is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Upwell 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 Cambridgeshire papers online:

• Cambridge Independent Press
• Cambridge Chronicle and Journal
• Huntingdon, Bedford & Peterborough Gazette

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitations of Cambridgeshire 1575 and 1619 is available online.