Qualla: Upton upon Severn https://qualla.com/upton-upon-severn en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:15 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Upton upon Severn https://qualla.com/upton-upon-severn Upton upon Severn: Introduction https://qualla.com/upton-upon-severn/ The Pepperpot stands alone now, a 17th-century church tower topped with a copper-clad cupola, marooned in a riverside churchyard with no church to belong to. The body of St Peter and St Paul was demolished long ago - the present church a quarter-mile away was built in the Victorian era by Sir Arthur Blomfield. But the tower survives, and so does the local nickname, and on summer evenings the swallows fly tight figures around it while the Severn glides past forty yards below. For most of its history Upton was defined by that river. Until the late 20th century the bridge here was the only crossing of the Severn between Worcester and Tewkesbury - which is why, in the summer of 1651, Oliver Cromwell's men were so desperate to seize it.

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]]> Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/q/2/upton-upon-severn-wp/gcq2-upton-upon-severn-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Upton upon Severn: Town on the West Bank https://qualla.com/upton-upon-severn/ Upton sits on the western bank of the Severn five miles south-east of Malvern, a small grid of red-brick Georgian and earlier streets running back from the river. The 2021 census found 2,903 people in the parish, which extends west to include Tunnel Hill but not the village of Ry...

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]]> Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/q/2/upton-upon-severn-wp/gcq2-upton-upon-severn-the-pepperpot.mp3 0:06 3 full Upton upon Severn: The Doctor Astrologer https://qualla.com/upton-upon-severn/ Upton was once the lay rectorship of one of the most extraordinary intellects of Tudor England. John Dee - mathematician, astronomer, alchemist, court astrologer to Elizabeth I, advisor on the Northwest Passage, possible inspiration for Shakespeare's Prospero - was granted the re...

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