Official Name: | Upton |
Static Image Name: | Upton Church near Peterborough - geograph.org.uk - 116234.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | St John the Baptist, Upton |
Country: | England |
Region: | East of England |
Os Grid Reference: | TF 107 005 |
Coordinates: | 52.5912°N -0.3672°W |
Post Town: | Peterborough |
Postcode Area: | PE |
Postcode District: | PE6 |
Lieutenancy England: | Cambridgeshire |
Unitary England: | Peterborough |
Upton is a village and civil parish in the Peterborough district, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England.[1] For electoral purposes it forms part of Glinton and Wittering ward in North West Cambridgeshire constituency.[2] The population of the parish is included in the civil parish of Sutton.
The Parish Church of St John the Baptist is a 12th-century Norman church with a north aisle rebuilt in 17th century. It was a chapel-of-ease and was built as a daughter church to St Kyneburgha's at Castor. The church is a Grade I listed building. It is set in the fields to the east of the village, 100 yards from the Roman King Street.