Upminster

Meaning

Proper Noun

town on the eastern edge of Greater London (county), originally in Essex.

Origin

First recorded in 1062 as Upmynstre, and recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as Upmunstra. Formed from Old English upp and mynster, meaning "the large church on high ground".

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