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Upton Glen

valley · Dorset

Old EnglishAI-generated

The name 'Upton Glen' combines 'Upton', likely meaning 'upper farmstead or village' from Old English 'ūp' (up) and 'tūn' (farmstead, village), with 'glen', a Gaelic term for a valley.

Word origins

Upton
Old Englishupper farmstead or village(from ūp "up", tūn "farmstead, village")
Glen
Gaelicvalley(from glenn "valley")