Editing Upper Poppleton (section)

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country                  = England
| static_image_name        = UpperPoppleton(DSPugh)May2007.jpg
| static_image_caption     = The [[pub]] and [[maypole]] in Upper Poppleton
| coordinates              = {{coord|53.980|-1.153|display=inline,title}}
| official_name            = Upper Poppleton
| population               = 1,997
| population_ref           = ([[2011 Census for England and Wales|2011 census]])<ref name="NOMIS">{{NOMIS2011|id=E04000621|title=Upper Poppleton Parish|access-date=3 February 2020}}</ref>
| civil_parish             = Upper Poppleton
| unitary_england          = [[City of York]]
| lieutenancy_england      = [[North Yorkshire]]
| region                   = Yorkshire and the Humber
| constituency_westminster = [[York Outer (UK Parliament constituency)|York Outer]]
| post_town                = YORK
| postcode_district        = YO26
| postcode_area            = YO
| dial_code                = 01904
| os_grid_reference        = SE5554
| london_distance_mi       = 175
| london_direction         = SSE
}}

'''Upper Poppleton''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in the [[unitary authority]] of the [[City of York]] in [[North Yorkshire]], England. It is situated by the west bank of the [[River Ouse, Yorkshire|River Ouse]] adjacent to [[Nether Poppleton]], and west of [[York]] close to the [[A59 road|A59]] from York to Harrogate. The village is served by [[Poppleton railway station]] on the [[Harrogate Line]]. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,961,<ref>{{cite web|title=Census 2001: Parish Headcounts: York|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790287|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=13 July 2012}}</ref> increasing to 1,997 at the 2011 Census.<ref name="NOMIS"/> Before 1996, it was part of the [[Borough of Harrogate]].

The name is derived from ''popel'' (pebble) and ''tun'' (hamlet, farm) and means "''Pebble Farm''" because of the gravel bed upon which the village was built.<ref name="Origin of name">{{cite web|url=http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Popplestone|title=Origin of name|access-date=14 November 2010}}</ref> Upper Poppleton has been referred to as "Land Poppleton" and the neighbouring village of Nether Poppleton as "Water Poppleton" indicating their position relative to the river.

The village is mentioned in the ''[[Domesday Book]]'' and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles.<ref name="Origin of name"/> It became a [[Conservation Area]] in 1993.