UPCHURCH, (Kent) 3 m. 1-half N. W. of Milton, and 5 from Chatham. The manor anciently bel. to the Leybourns; but came to the crown in the R. of Edw. III. who settled it on the Abbey of St. Mary-Grace on Tower-Hill; but after the Diss. Hen. VIII. granted it to Tho. Green, whose descendant in the R. of Ja. I. sold it to Apsley.