Why visit Aston
Townapedia lists 4 places to eat, 1 place to stay and 5 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Old Man's Bridge and Rushey Lock.
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About Aston
Aston is a village about 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Witney in West Oxfordshire, England. The village is part of the civil parish of Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney. The southern boundary of the parish is the River Thames. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 1,374.
From the Wikipedia article Aston, Oxfordshire (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Things to do5
Rushey Lock
Bridge · 2.2 mi
Lock on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England
Tadpole Bridge
Bridge · 1.7 mi
Bridge in Buckland, Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Restaurants and cafes4
Where to stay1
Churches and places of worship5
Church of St Mary, Bampton
Church · 1.8 mi
Church in Bampton, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Cote Baptist Church
Church · 0.6 mi
Church in Cote, Oxfordshire, England, UK
History
Aston was historically a hamlet in the ancient parish of Bampton.
From the 17th century onwards Aston and the neighbouring hamlet of Cote jointly administered parish functions under the poor laws. As such, "Aston and Cote" became a civil parish in 1866 when the legal definition of 'parish' was changed to be the areas used for administering the poor laws. In 1932 the parish of Aston and Cote was merged with the parish of Chimney (another former hamlet of Bampton) to become a new civil parish called Aston Bampton, which was in turn merged with Shifford (also a former hamlet of Bampton) in 1954 to become Aston Bampton and Shifford. The parish was renamed Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney in 1988.
From the History section of Aston, Oxfordshire on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shopping2
Schools, colleges and libraries1
Map of Aston
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Getting there and nearby towns
RAF Brize Norton (BZZ) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 4 miles away.
- Ducklington 3 mi north, about 5 min by car
- Witney 4 mi north, about 7 min by car
- Standlake 4 mi east, about 6 min by car
- Carterton 4 mi northwest, about 7 min by car
- Minster Lovell 5 mi north, about 8 min by car
- North Leigh 7 mi northeast, about 11 min by car
- Marcham 8 mi southeast, about 13 min by car
- Burford 8 mi northwest, about 13 min by car
- Abingdon 10 mi east, about 17 min by car
- Oxford 11 mi east, about 18 min by car
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- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Aston StJames SouthSquare, Motacilla, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Aston village War Memorial, Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Aston church, Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Old Man's Bridge, Pierre Terre, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Rushey Lock River Thames1, Nigel James, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Tenfoot Bridge, Pierre Terre, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Bampton StMaryV SE, Motacilla, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cote Baptist Chapel east, Motacilla, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Yelford SSNicholas&Swithun SE, Motacilla, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Aston StJames SouthLandscape, Motacilla, CC BY-SA 4.0
- West Bromwich Charity Cup medal 1901-1902 - 01 (cropped), Lloyd Davis from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0
- West Bromwich Charity Cup medal 1901-1902 - 01, Lloyd Davis from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0
- West Bromwich Charity Cup medal 1901-1902 - 03, Lloyd Davis from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0
- West Bromwich Charity Cup medal 1901-1902 - 02, Lloyd Davis from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0
- West Bromwich Charity Cup medal 1901-1902 - 02 (cropped), Lloyd Davis from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Jean McCrindle, John Pether, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tadpole Bridge, Rodw, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
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