White Ladies Aston

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Coordinates: 52°10′15″N 2°06′56″W / 52.170701°N 2.115651°W

White Ladies Aston
White Ladies Aston Church.
White Ladies Aston White Ladies Aston shown within Worcestershire
OS grid reference	SO849548
Civil parish	White Ladies Aston
District	Wychavon
Shire county	Worcestershire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WORCESTER
Postcode district	WR7
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
List of places UK England Worcestershire

White Ladies Aston is a village in Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, and also lends its name to the Civil Parish in which the village is located.

Location

White Ladies Aston is located about 6 miles east of Worcester.

History & amenities

The parish is bound to the east by the Bow Brook. Nearby places are Churchill, Peopleton, Spetchley and Egdon.

The name derives from an order of nuns who were granted land in the parish.^[1]

Silurian Border Morris side dancing the Black Ladies Ashton

The village has given its name to two Border Morris dances: Black Ladies Ashton and White Ladies Ashton.

References

↑ Nick Cripps, Exploring Worcester Woods: the Country Park. Retrieved 3 July 2009

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to White Ladies Ashton.

v t e Settlements in the Wychavon district

Towns	Broadway Droitwich Spa Evesham Pershore

Villages	Ab Lench Abberton Abbots Morton Aldington Aston Somerville Ashton under Hill Atch Lench Badsey Beckford Bengeworth Besford Bridge Besford Bickmarsh Birlingham Bishampton Blackminster Bradley Green Bredon Bretforton Bricklehampton Broughton Hackett Charlton Cleeve Prior Conderton Crossway Green Defford Dodderhill Drakes Broughton Dunhampstead Dunhampton Eckington Elmbridge Elmley Castle Fernhill Heath Fladbury Flyford Flavell Grafton Flyford Grafton Great Comberton Hadzor Hampton Hanbury Hartlebury Harvington Hatfield Hawbridge Hawford Himbleton Hinton-on-the-Green Holberrow Green Honeybourne Huddington Kemerton Kersoe Kington Little Comberton Littleworth Martin Hussingtree Mere Green Murcot Netherton North and Middle Littleton North Piddle Norton Oddingley Offenham Ombersley Overbury Pebworth Pensham Peopleton Pinvin Pirton Salwarpe Sedgeberrow South Littleton Strensham Throckmorton Tibberton Upton Snodsbury Upton Warren Wadborough White Ladies Aston Whittington Wick Wickhamford Wychbold Wyre Piddle

Civil parishes	Civil parishes in the Wychavon district

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