Aston, Herefordshire

Historical Description

Aston, a parish in the county of Hereford, 2 miles from the river Teme, and 4 SW by W of Ludlow, which is the post town. Acreage, 970; population, 31. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford; value, £75. The small church is Norman. It was partially restored in 1883. It is dedicated to St Giles, is interesting to archaeologists, and there is adjacent to it a moated camp.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Aston from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Aston, or Pipe-Aston (St. Giles))

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Herefordshire is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Aston are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Herefordshire newspapers online:

• Hereford Journal
• Hereford Times