The village has a 13th-century parish church, dedicated to Saint Laurence, and a manor house, Upwey Manor, a Grade II* listed building dated to 1639, which was owned by the Gould family.

[1] A disc barrow is located above the village on the Ridgeway at map reference SY 663866.

The source is known as the Upwey wishing well and was a tourist attraction as far back as the Victorian era.

In the 18th century a water mill was built on the river, rebuilt in 1802, it featured in Thomas Hardy's The Trumpet Major.

Edwards died in the since-demolished 654 Dorchester Road, Upwey, on 29 December 1976.