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Upton by Chester is a civil parish and a large suburb on the outskirts of Chester, in the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. It includes the villages of Upton and Upton Heath. At the 2001 Census the population was recorded as 7,800, rising to 7,956 at the 2011 Census〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Parish population 2011 )〕 ==History== Formerly a township in Broxton Hundred, it included the hamlet of Upton Heath. The population was 173 in 1801, 555 in 1851, 1,769 in 1901 and 6,343 in 1951.An illustrated 300 page book on the history of Upton called 'Upton-by-Chester A Peoples History' was published in 2005.〔ISBN 0-9548854-0-6〕 The origin of the settlement's name is a point of contention amongst historians, but a popular theory is that it comes from the Welsh 'up ton' which, translated directly into English means 'up wave'. This is due to large amounts of Welsh migrants who came to the village looking for work in nearby Chester in the 1700s, which was colloquially known as a 'wave' of migration. It is possible that the name Upton has somewhat racist undertones, a slang name for the settlement used out of distaste for the migration of Welsh people into the area, but over time this became the official name for the village. This has its roots in Chester's origins as a Roman fortress, constructed to protect England against the Welsh. Upton-by-Chester as we know it today started when the railway was built in the mid-1800s. Gentlemen's country houses were built and provided employment other than traditional rural jobs. Initially ribbon development but then housing estates were built as more people moved out of the overcrowded city. Following the post-WW2 building boom there is now little development land left. A permanent military presence was established in the town with the completion of Dale Barracks in 1939.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Moston Hall )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Upton by Chester」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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