Aston le Walls explained

Country:England
Official Name:Aston le Walls
Coordinates:52.1551°N -1.275°W
Population:334
Population Ref:(2001 census)
293 (2011 census)[1]
Shire District:West Northamptonshire
Shire County:Northamptonshire
Region:East Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Daventry
Post Town:Daventry
Postcode District:NN11
Postcode Area:NN
Dial Code:01295
Os Grid Reference:SP497510
London Distance:72miles

Aston le Walls is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, close by the border with Oxfordshire. The village is about 9miles north of Banbury in Oxfordshire, and 10miles 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

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: SNC. South Northamptonshire Council Year Book 2010-2011. 2010 . South Northamptonshire District Council . Towcester . 39.
  2. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 29 June 2016. Office for National Statistics. Neighbourhood Statistics.
  3. Web site: Key to English Place-names. kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. 8 November 2023.
  4. Web site: Aston [-le-Walls] | Domesday Book]. opendomesday.org. 8 November 2023.
  5. Web site: About the County . 12 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060116132557/http://www.northants-fhs.org/about_county.html . 16 January 2006 . dead. dmy-all .
  6. Book: Pevsner, Nikolaus. The Buildings of England  - Northamptonshire. 1961 . Yale University Press . London and New Haven . 978-0-300-09632-3 . 95.
  7. http://www.ipcmedia.com/subaru/news/Recommended_crosscountry_courses_AstonleWalls_article_267738.html Recommended: Aston-le-Walls