Aston

Other current and historical names

Estone
Aston With Aughton

Built-Up Area: Swallownest
Parish/Community: Aston cum Aughton
Unitary Authority: Rotherham
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°21'45"N 1°17'52"W
Eastings/Northings: 446819, 385318
OS Grid: SK468853
Mapcode Local: GBR MYCK.S9
Mapcode Global: WHDDS.1Q6Z

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Aston within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Aston in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Aston with Aughton, par. and township, S. div. W-Riding Yorksh., 5 m. E. of Rotherham -- par., 3939 ac. (with Ulley), pop. 2365; township, 3006 ac., pop. 2352.

Aston in the Domesday Book

A village in Strafforth hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofsi
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard of Sourdeval (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; 8 shillings in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 1 freeman; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Woodland: ¹⁄₂ league
- Churches: 1
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Warenne
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Households: 4 smallholders; 1 freeman
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
- Woodland: 4 furlongs

British Place Names

Aston, Rotherham

Aston is a village in Swallownest, Rotherham

Aston in historic gazetteers

Aston in the Domesday Book