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== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
Upton and Copmanford is also known simply as Upton | Upton and Copmanford is also known simply as Upton | ||
Upton is a '''parish''' in the district of Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire; it is 6 miles NNW of the Huntingdon railway station. The post town is, Huntingdon. | Upton is a '''parish''' in the district of Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire; it is 6 miles NNW of the Huntingdon railway station. The post town is, Huntingdon. Coppingford, or Copmanford, is also a '''parish''' in the district of Huntingdon; Huntingdonshire it is on the Alconbury brook, 6½ miles SW of Holme railway station, and 7½ miles NW of Huntingdon. The post town is, Alconbury, under Huntingdon. It is annexed to the rectory of Upton, in the diocese of Ely. <br>Together the two parishes make up the parish of Upton and Copmanford.<ref>Wilson, John Marius, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72) http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=823650 http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=900950</ref> | ||
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