When the Upton parish church was first consecrated in 1854 it was a chapel-of-ease not becoming a parish with its own vicar until 1882. During the later stages of this chapel-of-ease period the curate-in-charge from St Mary-on-the-hill Chester was Rev Miles Towers.

His earliest dated stay in the Park is recorded in the 1871 census with the Horsfield family in no:84 - then aged 32yrs.

By the 1881 census he was in Westview (no:80) the home of the Smith family. He is recorded as another family head and with his 17 year old niece Mary Towers and a servant.

Indentures also record him as residing in no:3 but without indication as to dates.