Aston Steeple, Oxfordshire

Historical Description

Aston-Steeple, a township and a parish in Oxfordshire. The township lies on the river Cherwell, the Oxford Canal, and the G.W.R., adjacent to Hayford railway station, 6½ miles NNE of Woodstock, and has a post and telegraph office under Oxford. The parish includes also the township of Middle Aston. Acreage, 1076; population of the civil parish, 699; of the ecclesiastical district, 803. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford; net yearly value, £450 with residence, in the gift of Brasenose College, Oxford. The church is ancient, but very good. Dr Samuel Radcliffe, principal of Brasenose College, was for some time rector, and founded a free school and almshouses.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

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

Ancient County	Oxfordshire
Ecclesiastical parish	Steeple Aston St. Peter
Hundred	Wootton
Poor Law union	Woodstock

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

Church Records

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Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Aston Steeple from the following:

Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Aston, Steeple (St. Peter))

Land and Property

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Visitations Heraldic

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