▁Mar l borough , ▁an ▁ancest or ▁of ▁W inst on ▁Church ill . ▁In ▁ 1 7 4 4 , ▁the ▁town ▁was ▁renamed ▁to ▁" Upper ▁Mar l borough ". ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁the ▁town ' s ▁name ▁changed ▁from ▁Upper ▁Mar l borough ▁to ▁Upper ▁Mar l bor o . ▁The ▁name ▁change ▁is ▁linked ▁to ▁a ▁postal ▁cl erk ▁who ▁felt ▁that ▁the ▁last ▁three ▁letters , ▁" ugh ", ▁did ▁not ▁properly ▁fit ▁on ▁the ▁rub ber ▁st amps ▁being ▁used ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁By ▁ 1 8 9 3 , ▁postal ▁gu ides ▁were ▁referring ▁to ▁the ▁town ▁as ▁Upper ▁Mar l bor o ▁and ▁the ▁name ▁stuck , ▁despite ▁a ▁proposed ▁ball ot ▁to ▁have ▁it ▁changed ▁back ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 8 . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁The ▁area ▁of ▁Upper ▁Mar l bor o ▁was ▁first ▁settled ▁around ▁ 1 6 9 5 . ▁It ▁was ▁named ▁after ▁John ▁Church ill , ▁ 1 st ▁Duke ▁of ▁Mar l borough , ▁an ▁ancest or ▁of ▁W inst on ▁Church ill . ▁The ▁land , ▁which ▁was ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁town , ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁several ▁est ates ▁known ▁as ▁Gro ve ▁Land ing , ▁M ead ows , ▁and ▁D arn all ' s ▁Ch ance , ▁owned ▁by ▁the ▁Bro oke , ▁Be all , ▁and ▁D arn all ▁families , ▁respectively . ▁ ▁D arn all ' s ▁Ch ance , ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁the