Aston le Walls
Aston le Walls is located in Northamptonshire
Aston le Walls
Aston le Walls
Location within Northamptonshire
Population334 (2001 census)
293 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceSP497510
• London72 miles (115.9 km)
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDaventry
Postcode districtNN11
Dialling code01295
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament

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

  1. ↑ SNC (2010). South Northamptonshire Council Year Book 2010-2011. Towcester: South Northamptonshire District Council. p. 39.
  2. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Aston [-le-Walls] | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "About the County". Archived from the original on 16 January 2006. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  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
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