Onions Thomas, agent to B. Botfield, Esq.
Phillips Rev. Hugo Moreton, The Rectory
Smith George, farmer, The Hall
Smith William, farmer
Tipton Mark, agent to B. Botfield, Esq.; residence, Mossy Green
Trigger Robert, farmer
UPPINGTON
is a parish and township in the Wellington division of the South Bradford hundred, four miles S.W. by S. from Wellington, which contains 747a. 0r. 36p. of land. In 1801 there were 107 inhabitants, 1831, 117, and in 1841 18 houses and 96 inhabitants. Rateable value, £937. 10s. The Duke of Cleveland is lord of the manor and proprietor of the whole parish. The village is delightfully situated in a salubrious country, pleasingly beautified with rural scenery, and commands a fine view of the majestic Wrekin. An avenue of trees extends nearly through the length of the village, which gives it an air of quiet retirement. There are several good houses, with pleasure grounds neatly laid out, and tastefully planted with shrubs. The Church has a venerable appearance, it is built of brick and rough cast, and dated 1678; it consists of nave and chancel, with a turret containing two bells. The interior underwent a complete reparation in 1844, at a cost of about £120, raised by subscriptions and a grant from the Diocesan and Incorporated Societies,—the whole has now a tasteful and orderly appearance. A brass plate which remembers John Stanier and family is dated 1691. A neat marble tablet dated 1793 has been erected to the memory of Rich aid Boycott, Esq. A tablet very chastely designed, of coloured marble, and dated 1789, records the death of Charles Stainer and several members of that family. An altar tomb to Silvanus Boycott is dated 1686. There is also a beautiful marble scroll, exquisitely executed, in memory of John Middleton Ashdown, Esq., agent to the Duke of Cleveland, which was put up at the expense of the Duke’s Shropshire tenantry. The living is a perpetual curacy in the patronage of the Duke of Cleveland, and enjoyed by the Rev. John Meredith, M.A. In the church-yard are two yew trees of immense girth, one of which is completely hollow, and will admit of twelve persons standing within the trunk at the same time; although nothing remains of the trunk at the bottom but a shell, yet the tree shows vigorous signs of life, and the branches cover a large surface of ground. The tithes have been commuted for £155. 2s., when £115. 2s. was apportioned to the Duke of Cleveland, and £40 to the incumbent of the parish.
The Grammar School at Donnington, in the parish of Wroxeter, appears to have been founded for the benefit of the parish of Uppington, as well as that of Wroxeter. An account of the foundation will be found noticed with Wroxeter.
Post Office.—At Mary Wood’s. Letters arrive from Wellington by foot post at 8 A.M. and are despatched at 6 P.M.