Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ASTON-LE-WALLS

ASTON-LE-WALLS, a parish in the district of Banbury and county of Northampton; on the verge of the county, on the Roman road to Dorchester, near the Oxford canal, 4½ miles NE of Cropredy r. station, and 8 NNE of Banbury. It includes the hamlet of Appletree; and its Post Town is Chipping-Warden under Banbury. Acres, 1,270. Real property, £3,436. Pop., 221. Houses, 42. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £535.* Patron, St. John's College, Oxford. The church is of the 13th century. The Roman Catholics have a chapel and a school.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Aston le Walls AP/CP       Northamptonshire AncC
Place: Aston le Walls

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