Ayston

AYSTON is a village and parish, 2½ miles south-west from Manton station on the Syston and Peterborough branch of the London, Midland and Scottish railway, 1 north-west from Uppingham and 5½ south from Oakham, in Martinsley hundred, union of Uppingham, county court district of Stamford, rural deanery of Rutland (third portion), archdeaconry of Oakham and diocese of Peterborough. The church of St. Mary is an edifice of stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower containing 4 bells; one of which is dated 1626; the tenor bell was presented by the Rev Sir J. H. Fludyer bart. in 1877 in commemoration of his having completed the fiftieth year of his ministry as curate and rector in this parish: there is a stained window in the south aisle: the church affords 150 sittings. The register dates from the year 1658. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £156, and including 78 acres of glebe, in the gift of [blank], and held since 1928 by the Rev.[blank]. Ayston Hall, the seat of James Finch esq. is situated near the church. Vere Finch, esq. is the chief landowner. The soil is chiefly red loam ; subsoil, kaley stone. The chief crops are wheat, barley and turnips, on the four-course system. The area is 904 acres ; the population in 1921 was 56.

Parish Clerk, Jabez Smart.
Letters arrive from Uppingham, nearest M. O. & T. office:

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
(For T N's see general list of Private Residents at end of book.)
Finch James, Ayston hall
Oliver Miss, The Old rectory

COMMERCIAL.
Finch Vere, farmer
Goodwin Jn. Ernest, gardener to Jas. Finch, esq
Robinson & Son, farmers