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From Old English upp (higher) and tun (enclosure).

Upton was founded in 897. Oliver Cromwell's soldiers crossed the Severn here before the Battle of Worcester in the English Civil War.

The town is known for its distinctive tower and copper-clad cupola known locally as the Pepperpot, the sole surviving remnant of a former church.

It is said to be the model for Market Snodsbury, the fictional town in the Jeeves and Wooster novels of P. G. Wodehouse and the site of Brinkley Court. It is also notable for being the birthplace, in 1953, of Formula One world champion Nigel Mansell.

The current population is around 3000. It is in the West Worcestershire parliamentary constituency.

Low lying areas of Upton suffered serious flooding in 2000. In the 2007 United Kingdom floods, levels exceeded those in 2000, and the town was inaccessible by road. The town has been dubbed 'Upton under Severn'. However it should be borne in mind that the overall proportion of properties that were flooded remains low - the large majority of properties in Upton were not flooded.

The town has three major music festivals, with the spring folk festival, and the summer jazz and blues festivals.