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| Upton Heath W.I. |
Two records which give us a picture of Upton in the eighteenth centuries are an old Vestry Minutes Book (1741-1393) and the Upton Tithe Commutation Award and Tithe Map 1839. The former gives information about the people, about the care of the poor, the rents and prices of clothes, the wages of roadworkers and, in fact, about the whole business of managing the township of Upton. From it we learn the names of families who from one generation to another were in positions of responsibility and trust. The latter record describes the property here in 1839 and it enumerates the number of dwelling- places, the fields with their old names, and the landowners, together with the people who occupy the houses on their land. From these and from more recent sources we have built up the story of Upton village. In these modern days methods of valuation for rating differ from earlier days. Some comparisons of the 'value' of Upton
Buildings - These include ...farms,
...cottages & smithies,
...inns
Much development took place during the second half of the nineteenth century
e.g. Upton Park. This grew through the acumen of a group of Chester business
men who bought land to build country residences for themselves. The earliest
record we have found of anyone living there was 1864.
In more recent times there have been two
periods of buildings:
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