Upton Magna is a village in Shropshire

Shropshire

Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...

, England

England

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Magna is latin

Latin

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 meaning "great". Therefore the translation of Upton Magna is "Great Upton".

Nearby are the villages of Uffington

Uffington, Shropshire

Uffington is a village in the English county of Shropshire. It lies between Haughmond Hill and the River Severn, 3 miles east from the town centre of Shrewsbury, at .Uffington is home to a church and a pub, the Corbet Arms...

, Rodington

Rodington, Shropshire

Rodington is a village in Shropshire, England. Situated between the towns of Wellington and Shrewsbury it lies on the relatively level Shropshire plain and just within the borough of Telford & Wrekin....

, Withington

Withington, Shropshire

Withington is a village and parish in Shropshire, England.The parish is very small and is located on the Shropshire Council/Telford and Wrekin Council boundary.-Saint John the Baptist Church:...

 and the wooded Haughmond Hill

Haughmond Hill

Haughmond Hill is a small, shallow hill in the English county of Shropshire. It is covered by woodland for the most part, although there is an open cast quarry in use. Its proximity to the town of Shrewsbury has meant that it has become something of a forest park, with guided paths, car parking...

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Upton Magna is also notable for containing the oldest cottage (that still stands to this day) in Britain and possibly Europe - Cruck Cottage - which is a thatch-roofed, timber framed cottage located near the church. Tests on the timber in the cottage showed it to come from 1269.

The nearest populated town to Upton Magna is Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England. Lying on the River Severn, it is a civil parish home to some 70,000 inhabitants, and is the primary settlement and headquarters of Shropshire Council...

, just 8 miles west. Key landmarks in the village include a primary school, church, village hall, pub and business park.