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Upton (St. Margaret)

UPTON (St. Margaret), a parish, in the union of Blofield, hundred of Walsham, E. division of Norfolk, 1 mile (N.) from Acle; containing 519 inhabitants. It comprises 1693a. 1r. 8p., of which 655 acres are arable, 170 marsh-laud cultivated, 753 marsh and water, 26 in homesteads, and 83 road, &c. The navigable river Bure runs on the north. The living is a discharged vicarage, united to that of Ranworth, and valued in the king's books at £5: the tithes have been commuted for £279. 16. payable to the Bishop of Ely, and £160. 13. to the vicar; there are 20½ acres of vicarial glebe. The church, which is chiefly in the later English style, consists of a nave, chancel, and aisles, with a square tower in ruins. The Primitive Methodists have a place of worship here.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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