Aston le Walls

Aston le Walls
Aston le Walls

 Aston le Walls shown within Northamptonshire
Population 334 (2001 census)
332 (2010 est.)[1]
OS grid reference SP497510
    - London  72 miles (115.9 km) 
District South Northamptonshire
Shire county Northamptonshire
Region East Midlands
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Daventry
Postcode district NN11
Dialling code 01295
Police Northamptonshire
Fire Northamptonshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament Daventry
List of places: UK • England • Northamptonshire

Aston le Walls is a village and civil parish in South Northamptonshire, England, close by the border with Oxfordshire. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 334. 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 and Byfield.

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Buildings

The church is dedicated to St Leonard and dates from the 13th century[2] and was restored in the 1870s.

There is a Roman Catholic chapel north east of the church dated 1827.

The Manor House is ca 1700.

Washbrook Farm, is an equestrian eventing centre.[3]

References

  1. ^ SNC (2010). South Northamptonshire Council Year Book 2010-2011. Towcester NN12 7FA. pp. 39. 
  2. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1961). The Buildings of England – Northamptonshire. London and New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 95. ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3. 
  3. ^ Recommended: Aston-le-Walls. Horse and Hound. 15 September 2008. Retrieved 3 November 2009

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