Aston, South Yorkshire
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Coordinates: 53°21′49″N 1°18′01″W / 53.3636°N 1.3004°W
Aston is a village in South Yorkshire. Unlike other places of the name it does not mean "eastern farm or village", but is from Old English tun "farm, village, estate" with an uncertain first element. The name was recorded as Essetone in 1039, suggesting Old English ǣsc "ash tree" (as in Ashton[disambiguation needed] and Ashton-in-Makerfield) but this is not certain.
Aston has an anomalous Sheffield Postal Address and Dialling Code even though it has been part of the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham since 1974 and, prior to that, part of Rotherham Rural District since 1894.
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[edit] Town status
This is primarily a residential village rather than industrial, though there is an industrial estate within the village.
The church is featured in the Domesday Book.
Aston Hall, adjacent to the church, has been variously a large country house, hospital, and most recently a hotel and restaurant, and gives its name to Aston Hall Cricket Club which plays home games close to the Hall.
[edit] Location
Aston is just off J31 of the M1 motorway, J31 intersects with the A57. The A57 ran straight through Aston, until completion of the A57 bypass in the middle of 1985 to relieve traffic pressure on the village. The old route was re-designated as the B6200.
Aston is around 2 miles from Rother valley country park. It is joined up with local villages, Aughton & Swallownest to form Aston-Cum-Aughton relationship.
[edit] Education
Aston Comprehensive is the local high school specialist in maths and computing. Most students come from the aston-cum-aughton area but other villages near by such as Beighton and Treeton also come to the school.
Here is a list of the local primary schools.
- Aston C of E (church of england)
- Aston hall primary
- Lodge lane primary
- Springwood primary
- Swallownest primary
- Aughton primary
[edit] Pictures of Aston
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