Aston le Walls is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, close by the border with Oxfordshire. The village is about 9 miles (14.5 km) north of Banbury in Oxfordshire, and 10 miles (16.1 km) south of Daventry. Neighbouring villages are Chipping Warden, Lower Boddington Upper Boddington and Byfield. According to the 2001 census the village had a population of 334 falling to 293 at the 2011 census.[2]
| Aston le Walls | |
|---|---|
.svg)  Aston le Walls Location within Northamptonshire | |
| Population | 334 (2001 census) 293 (2011 census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SP497510 |
| • London | 72 miles (115.9 km) |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Daventry |
| Postcode district | NN11 |
| Dialling code | 01295 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
History
editThe villages name means 'eastern farm/settlement'. 'The Walls' refers to the local earthworks of uncertain date and provenance.[3]
The village is listed in 1086 as being within the Hundred of Warden.[4] By the late 1800s, the hundred had annexed nearby hundreds and been renamed the Hundred of Chipping Warden.[5]
Buildings
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The Anglican church is dedicated to St Leonard and dates from the 13th century[6] and was restored in the 1870s.
There is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to the Sacred Heart and Our Lady dated 1827.
The Manor House is ca 1700.
References
edit- ^ SNC (2010). South Northamptonshire Council Year Book 2010-2011. Towcester: South Northamptonshire District Council. p. 39.
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ "Aston [-le-Walls] | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ "About the County". Archived from the original on 16 January 2006. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1961). The Buildings of England – Northamptonshire. London and New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3.
- ^ Recommended: Aston-le-Walls Archived 5 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Horse and Hound. 15 September 2008. Retrieved 3 November 2009
External links
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- Photograph of the parish church
- Map sources for Aston le Walls
- Aston [-le-Walls] in the Domesday Book
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