Aston by Wrenbury
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Aston (also known as Aston by Wrenbury, Aston in Wrenbury, Aston by Newhall, Aston in Newhall and Aston near Audlem) is a small village in the civil parish of Newhall in the Crewe and Nantwich district of the county of Cheshire, England. Largely located on Wrenbury Road north of the A530, it lies between the larger villages of Wrenbury (1¼ miles north west) and Audlem (3¾ miles south east), with Nantwich being 4¼ miles to the north east.
The South Cheshire Way long-distance path runs through the village, and the Welsh Marches railway line runs ½ mile to the north west.
The village should not be confused with several other villages named Aston in Cheshire, which include Aston juxta Mondrum, Aston by Budworth and Aston, Vale Royal.
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[edit] Features of note
Features of interest include the red-brick St Andrew's Methodist Church (1866),[1] which has an associated grade-II-listed lychgate and war memorial dating from around 1919[2] leading to a small cemetery. Aston House Farm is a grade-II-listed, black-and-white timber farmhouse, dating from 1662.[3] The village also has a grade-II-listed red telephone box, an example of the 1935 K6 style designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott.[4] Aston Mill is an animal feed mill run by H J Lea Oakes Ltd, one of the few large industrial enterprises in this predominantly agricultural area.
[edit] Connections with India
The Bhurtpore Inn in the north of the village dates from 1720 and was first recorded as a public house in 1778.[5] It was named to commemorate the Siege of Bhurtpore of 1825-6, at which local landlord Sir Stapleton Cotton, as Commander-in-Chief of the British forces, took the fort after a prolonged siege, earning the title of Viscount Combermere.[5] The present Bhurtpore Inn, an untied hostelry serving a selection of real ales and curries,[6] has won several awards, including the The Good Pub Guide's National Beer Pub of the Year in 1997 & 1999, and CAMRA's Regional Pub of the Year 2005.[7]
[edit] History
The village features in the Domesday Book as Estune, meaning eastern manor, settlement or farmstead.[8]
[edit] References
- ^ Genuki: Newhall (near Audlem)
- ^ Images of England: Lychgate at Aston Burial-ground
- ^ Images of England: Aston House Farmhouse
- ^ Images of England: Telephone kiosk, Newhall, Aston
- ^ a b A Brief History of the Bhurtpore Inn
- ^ The Good Pub Guide: Bhurtpore, Aston
- ^ Bhurtpore Inn: Awards
- ^ The National Archives: Domesday Book: Aston in Wrenbury, Cheshire
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Acton • Alpraham • Aston juxta Mondrum • Audlem • Austerson • Baddiley • Baddington • Barthomley • Basford • Batherton • Bickerton • Blakenhall • Bridgemere • Brindley • Broomhall • Buerton • Bulkeley • Bunbury • Burland • Calveley • Checkley cum Wrinehill • Cholmondeley • Cholmondeston • Chorley • Chorlton • Church Minshull • Coole Pilate • Crewe Green • Dodcott cum Wilkesley • Doddington • Edleston • Egerton • Faddiley • Hankelow • Haslington • Hatherton • Haughton • Henhull • Hough • Hunsterson • Hurleston • Lea • Leighton • Marbury cum Quoisley • Minshull Vernon • Nantwich • Newhall • Norbury • Peckforton • Poole • Ridley • Rope • Shavington cum Gresty • Sound • Spurstow • Stapeley • Stoke • Walgherton • Wardle • Warmingham • Weston • Wettenhall • Willaston • Wirswall • Wistaston • Woolstanwood • Worleston • Wrenbury cum Frith • Wybunbury |
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| Unitary authorities: | Halton • Warrington |
| Boroughs/Districts: | Chester City • Congleton • Crewe and Nantwich • Ellesmere Port and Neston • Macclesfield • Vale Royal |
| Cities/Towns: | Alsager • Bollington • Chester • Congleton • Crewe • Ellesmere Port • Frodsham • Knutsford • Macclesfield • Middlewich • Nantwich • Neston • Northwich • Runcorn • Sandbach • Warrington • Widnes • Wilmslow • Winsford See also: List of civil parishes in Cheshire |
