Upton Mill House which predates Upton Park became a member of the Proprietors Association from its inaugaration but left when it was no longer inhabited. The mill grounds were developed for housing in phases during the 1960s and although they first had the postal address of Mill Court, those fronting onto Upton Park acquired Upton Park addresses (nos:86,88,90,92,94,96,98,100,102,104) in 1966 and became members of UPPA. (1 Mill Ct becoming no:104; through to 10 Mill Ct becoming no:86) When the Mill itself was converted to residential property, it did not have access from the Park and did not rejoin the association.

the working mill and its demise

The grounds of the former mill and the building development that became part of Upton Park

It appears that during the late 1920s an access road was cut between the mill yard and its orchard grounds. This is recorded as giving access to Government House and the Army Pay Office paid 5/-d annual Park rate for the priviledge. By 1950 this was used more extensively with more army property and the rate increased to £1/-/-d. The accounts record no further payments after 1957.

Residents recall air raid shelters on the site of the mill orchard grounds.These were the mound-type above ground and with a coning tower. After the war the doors were locked much to the disgust of the local children. The other attraction on the mill orchard grounds was the tennis courts and pavillion. These had been used in the between-the-wars period as a very exclusive tennis club mainly for the ladies of the Park and strictly no children.

The UPPA minutes (see Reference section) record much of the phased development of the new housing during the 1960s. Nos:86 - 96 seem to have been built by Austins and nos: 98 - 104 by Pringle.

The land between the new houses and Millside (no:84) has an electrical sub-station; a set of 6 garages and small parcels of land. These garages and the parcels of land are largely owned by the Edwardian properties opposite. When they acquired this land in the late 1960s or early 1970s, Park residents lost their quick easy access through to the library.

From the Mill end -
• No:104 built 1967. Tom & Kathleen Griffiths were the first owners moving in during January 1968. When Tom came out of the fleet Air Arm after WW2, he returned to his career in Custom & Excise based at Ellesmere Port.
• No:102 built 1967. Nora Stewart was the first owner moving in during 1968 from Carden Bank (no:15) after the death of Brigadier Stewart.
• No:100 built 1967. Originally Mrs Walker who then moved into one of the flats.
• No:98 built 1967. Originally owned by Mrs Searle - daughter of Mrs Walker. Then Michelck and currently John & June Dodds since c1980.
• Nos:90,92,94,96; built by 1961; are flats mainly rented out by absent landlords.
  Peggy Stopford for many years in no:96 and an active committee member died in 1993.
• Nos: 86 & 88 ;also built by 1961; both had integral central garages but both dwellings have now given up their garages as part of extending their properties.
  No:86 was bought by a retired nurse Sister Cairns and no:88 by Doris Aethwy-Jones sister and sister-in-law to the current owners.