Aston-le-Walls

Aston le Walls
Aston le Walls
Aston le Walls shown within Northamptonshire
Population	334 (2001 census) 293 (2011 census)
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 52°09′18″N 1°16′30″W / 52.1551°N 1.2750°W / 52.1551; -1.2750Coordinates: 52°09′18″N 1°16′30″W / 52.1551°N 1.2750°W / 52.1551; -1.2750

Aston le Walls is a village and civil parish in South Northamptonshire, England, close by the border with Oxfordshire. 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 Upper Boddington and Byfield. According to the 2001 census the village had a population 0f 334 falling to 293 at the 2011 census.

The village is listed in 1086 as being within the Hundred of Warden. By the late 1800s, the hundred had annexed nearby hundreds and been renamed the Hundred of Chipping Warden.

The church is dedicated to St Leonard and dates from the 13th century 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.

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