Aston le Walls

Aston le Walls
Aston le Walls
	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	West Northamptonshire;
Shire county	Northamptonshire;
Region	East Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Daventry
Postcode district	NN11
Dialling code	01295
Police	Northamptonshire
Fire	Northamptonshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Daventry;

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]

History

The 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

Elizabeth Orme memorial

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.

Washbrook Farm, is an equestrian eventing centre.[7]

References

SNC (2010). South Northamptonshire Council Year Book 2010-2011. Towcester. p. 39.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
"Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Aston%20le%20Walls
Open Domesday Online: Aston-le-Walls
"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

Photograph of the parish church

Map sources for Aston le Walls
Aston [-le-Walls] in the Domesday Book

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[SNCYearBook-1] SNC (2010). South Northamptonshire Council Year Book 2010-2011. Towcester. p. 39.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[2] "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

[3] ttp://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Aston%20le%20Walls

[4] Open Domesday Online: Aston-le-Walls

[5] "About the County". Archived from the original on 16 January 2006. Retrieved 12 March 2017.

[Pevsner-6] Pevsner, Nikolaus (1961). The Buildings of England – Northamptonshire. London and New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3.

[7] Recommended: Aston-le-Walls Archived 5 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Horse and Hound. 15 September 2008. Retrieved 3 November 2009