Lands at the time of the Norman invasion were in the possession of Earl Waltheof, but soon passed to the Crown from whence it was granted to Count Robert of Mortain.

The lands passed to Robert de Mowbray, for whom the local Upsall family held the manor until 1327 when they were sold to Geoffrey Scrope.

The old forge, with the words Upsall Town and the date 1859 inscribed above its horseshoe arch, lies in the centre of the village.

[9] Castle Farm is a Grade II listed structure and most of the buildings in Upsall are constructed from sandstone extracted from the old quarry.

The tale tells of an Upsall man who dreamed for several nights that if he stood on London Bridge he would hear good news.

He travelled to the bridge and told his story to a Londoner, who laughed, saying that he had dreamed for several nights about buried treasure located in Upsall, Yorkshire.