Aston Rowant
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 SS Peter and Paul parish church |
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| Aston Rowant shown within Oxfordshire | |
| Area | 11.82 km2 (4.56 sq mi) |
| Population | 793 (parish, including Kingston Blount) (2011 Census) |
| • Density | 67/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | SU7299 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Watlington |
| Postcode district | OX49 |
| Dialling code | 01844 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Aston Rowant Parish Council |
Aston Rowant is a village and civil parish about 4 1⁄2 miles (7 km) south of Thame in South Oxfordshire, England. The parish includes the villages of Aston Rowant and Kingston Blount, and adjoins Buckinghamshire to the southeast. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 793.
The Lower Icknield Way passes through the parish southeast of the village. Aston Rowant National Nature Reserve, on the Chiltern escarpment, is partly in the parish.
Near the close of the seventeenth century a large Roman vessel, containing five smaller ones, was discovered at Kingston Blount. In 1971 a hoard of late seventh- and early eighth-century silver coins called sceattas was found on the Chiltern escarpment within the ambit of the area, near where the A40 road crosses the Icknield Way. In 1972 the hoard was reported to total 175 coins, by 1994 the total was 350, and either case it was then the largest single find of sceattas in Britain. A Coroner's Court determined that the coins are treasure trove, and the British Museum then acquired the hoard.
The hoard is believed to have been hidden in either AD 710 or 710–15. Only about a quarter of the coins were from Anglo-Saxon mints in Britain. The remainder are from mainland Europe, mostly from Merovingian mints around the mouth of the Rhine. The owner may therefore have been a Frisian merchant travelling along the Icknield Way.
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