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Dist:0.3km<br/>Judging by their proximity to the farm, these smaller modern houses in Upper Upham were probably designated for farm workers.http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-420000-177000/page/9
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Dist:0.3km<br/>Renovated coach house in Upper Upham.http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-420000-177000/page/9
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Dist:0.3km<br/>Farming has taken place around Upham Farm at least since the Bronze Age, if not earlier, and in the field opposite the farm buildings, earthworks belonging to ancient field systems dating back to medieval and possibly prehistoric times can still be seen. It is now a mixed farm.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>Grazing on the site of Upham village.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>At the end of the tarmac road which continues as a byway.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>Barn at the edge of Upper Upham. Muttondown plantation can be seen on the horizon.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>Six modern detached houses were built in Upper Upham in the 1960s to recreate a feudal village round a green.http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-420000-177000/page/9
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Dist:0.4km<br/>Beside the byway where a private track goes off to the north.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>Turning to look back from the bridlepath to Snap, Upper Upham sits aloof on top of the hill.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>This crescent of large modern houses in Upper Upham is situated between the farm and paddocks in which horses graze. Note the solar heating panels on the roof of the nearest house.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>Looking across the valley to Snap.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>Walking around the back of Upper Upham house, another, smaller house is revealed, which is probably the former gatehouse.http://www.aldbourne.info/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=1890&sid=e95e6f28a6a9e72c535954f48dd1ebfb
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Dist:0.6km<br/>From the entrance to High Clear House, which is as close as the public can get.
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Dist:0.6km<br/>Upper Upham House was built in 1599 and has been much altered and expanded since. http://www.flickr.com/photos/swindonlocal/3811286735/ "When Henry VIII privatised the monasteries in the 16th century, John Goddard acquired the old timber house and his son Thomas remodelled it, encasing the walls with flint and ragstone. His son Richard continued the work. The initials of Thomas and his wife Anne Gifford are on the central gable and those of Richard and his wife Elizabeth Walrond on the south porch. There are some fine chimneypieces. In 1641 this branch of the Goddard family died out and the house fell into decay. For a time in the 19th century only two rooms were occupied, by a shepherd. In 1909 it was bought by Hilda Hanbury, later Lady Currie, and was remodelled and rebuilt by the architect Biddulph Pinchard. It was described in Country Life in 1922. In 1967 it was divided into two. Its gatehouse, also by Pinchard, and the building known as the Chapel and Eyre's barn are now houses." http://www.aldbourne.info/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=1890&sid=e95e6f28a6a9e72c535954f48dd1ebfb
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Dist:0.6km<br/>Upper Upham House was built in 1599 and has been much altered and expanded since. http://www.flickr.com/photos/swindonlocal/3811286735/ "When Henry VIII privatised the monasteries in the 16th century, John Goddard acquired the old timber house and his son Thomas remodelled it, encasing the walls with flint and ragstone. His son Richard continued the work. The initials of Thomas and his wife Anne Gifford are on the central gable and those of Richard and his wife Elizabeth Walrond on the south porch. There are some fine chimneypieces. In 1641 this branch of the Goddard family died out and the house fell into decay. For a time in the 19th century only two rooms were occupied, by a shepherd. In 1909 it was bought by Hilda Hanbury, later Lady Currie, and was remodelled and rebuilt by the architect Biddulph Pinchard. It was described in Country Life in 1922. In 1967 it was divided into two. Its gatehouse, also by Pinchard, and the building known as the Chapel and Eyre's barn are now houses." http://www.aldbourne.info/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=1890&sid=e95e6f28a6a9e72c535954f48dd1ebfb
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