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Aston, a common name, usually 'eastern farmstead or estate', Estone 1086 (Domesday Book).Source A Dictionary of British Place-Names. A. D. Mills. Oxford University Press, 2003.
Aston is near the Derbyshire border and had collieries close by, but kept its rural charm, with a fine church - All Saints, at a corner where the great house Aston Hall stands in a hundred acres of wood land. There are still a few stones of the older house where Archbishop Melton, who fought the Scots, lived, and William Mason's tomb in the Minster.
The oldest work is in the nave arcades, built by the last of the Normans, one pointed arch showing the English style. The south aisle is two centuries later, the north aisle is made largely new, and the tower is 15th century. The weathered porch has an angel carved on a niche, and guarding the windows of the south aisle are demons and grotesques. There are shields in old glass, an old stone altar, and a fine 15th century font remarkable for two quaint carvings at the base, a fierce-looking man with a spear and an angel with a scroll.
Henry Bate, MA., was instituted to the Rectory of Aston 17 October, 1605. He married in 1607, Ellen Hardstaff of Aston. He died on 7th September, 1627
There is a monument of Sir Francis Fane of 1680, and another to Lord Darcy whose widow Sir Francis married. It shows the baron in a fine doublet, kneeling with his first three wives.
One of the rectors here was William Mason, , whose 43 years’ service ended with his death in 1797. He had been presented to this living by his patron, the Earl of Holderness, soon after he came into holy orders.
In the church is a marble tablet erected to his memory by the Rev. C. Alderson, his successor; and in a summer house in the rectory garden, on the ceiling, is an embossed medallion, containing the profiles of himself and his friend Thomas Gray, and on the floor stood two urns and pedestals inscribed to Gray and Mason. This garden and grounds are contiguous to the rectory, it was Mason who built the big square rectory and planned the garden in the style he advocated in his book, The English Garden
In the vestry is a copy of a poem he wrote when six years old. Thomas Gray, his best friend, often came to stay with him here. Gray called him Scroddles, and the two loved to sit in the summer house.
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In May 1789, the manor was to be sold along with neighbouring manors:
The Manors of Aston, Aughton, Netherthorpe and Hardwick, with the Mansion house called Aston Hall, including the Gardens and Plantations and also certain Farms at or near Aston inthe Occupations of William Booth, John Bean, Roger Belk, Widow Bean, Thomas Bowler, Thomas Cawthorn, George Fowler, John Fowler, William Gill, George Headon, Richard Hardy, John Haines, Joseph Headon, James Harrison, John Kesteven, Robert Ray, Widow Law, Henry Morton, Thomas Marshall, Thomas Morton, William Memot, George Poynton John Proctor, John Scholey, Stephen Smith, Mr. Stainforth, Thomas Tomlinson, John Taylor, Thomas Unwin, John Waller, Widow Wright, George Wrag, Joseph Yelland, Mrs. Wordsworth, and Mr. Rodwell; and likewise four Woods called Nick's Wood, Hail Mother, Hill Wood, Spring Wood and Marshal's Wood, containing in the Whole upwards of 950 Acres; and (exclusive of the House and Woods) are now let for upwards of £620 per Annum, clear of all Taxes. Particulars may be had at the Master's Chambers, of Tunnicliffe and Ball, at Rotherham. Source London Gazette, 9th May 1789.
In the early 1820's, Aston was described as a parish-town in the upper division of Strafforth and Tickhill; the seats of Harry Verelst (1773-1837) and the Rev. William Alderson, a Magistrate for the Sheffield area .The population, including Aughton was 556, which being united, form a township. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All Saints, in the deanery of Doncaster, value £12. 15s. 2½d. Patron, the Duke of Leeds.
Within a few hundred yards of the church, and once surrounded by a park, stood Aston Hall, the ancient residence of the Darcy's. The present mansion was erected on the ancient site, being built in 1772 by famous York architect, John Carr, for Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness (1718-1778), the Diplomat. Not long after completion, the Earl sold it to a former Governor of Bengal, Henry Verelst. In 1948 it was purchased by Rotherham Council for use as a Mental Hospital. After many years as Aughton Court Hospital it is now a luxury hotel - The Aston Hall Hotel.The Hall reception area still houses the original mosaic floor.
In the church are effigies in marble, of John, Lord D'Arcy and Mennil, and his three wives.
Orchard and Poplar Cottages situated on Worksop Road contain two bays of a timber framed house, late 16th/early 17th century.
The Population Census in 1821 for Aston with Aughton included part of Ulley in 1811, the whole of which was later attributed to Treeton Parish.
Hardwick was a farm-house in the township of Aston with Aughton, and parish of Aston.
The Aston Estate, comprising Aston Hall, 11 farms and the whole of the villages of Aston and Netherthorpe, were sold by auction at the Blue Bell Inn, Aston on 29 March 1928. The remaining portion of the Aston Estate, comprising 4 farms was sold at auction at the Blue Bell Inn, 6 December 1928. Another auction took place at the Blue Bell Inn, on 20 February 1930
Netherthorpe was a hamlet in the township of Aston with Aughton, and parish of Aston
Swallow Nest was in the parish of Aston
Aston-cum-Aughton 1879
Marked ¹ reside at Aughton, ² Common, ³ Netherthorpe, ∗ Swallownest; and the rest at Aston or where specified.
² Mrs Elizabeth Arnold
Aston Main Colliery; W.H.Stone, Managing Partner
¹ Mr Henry Barlow
Lionel Winship Bates, Colliery Manager, Fence Cottage
James Batty, Farmer
² Mrs Martha Bean, Farmer
∗ Thomas Bell, Shopkeeper
Charles Bower, Plumber and Painter
¹ William Bradley, Beerhouse
³ Mark Bramball, Shoemaker
Henry Chumbley, Farmer
Francis Colburn, Farmer
¹ John Crapper, Farmer
¹ Mr Joseph Crapper,
James William Crosby, Under Viewer
³ Thomas Curtis, Farmer
Crowder, Farmer
¹ Frederick Duckenfield, Joiner and Wheelwright
¹ Robert and George Duckenfield, Marker Gardeners
Frederick Freeman, vict. Blue Bell
¹ George Fox, Day and Boarding School, Aughton Hall
¹ George Hallam, Shopkeeper, Market Gardener and Victualler, Bull Inn
William John Harrison, Master of Aston Board School and Clerk to Burial Board
Miss Hessey, Mistress of Fence Infant School
James Holford, Coal Owner
Holford and Skinner, Coal Owners, Waleswood
∗ James Hutton, Shopkeeper
Charles Inman, Farmer
¹ Henry Johnson, Blacksmith
Thomas Knighton, Colliery Clerk
² Thomas Morton Levick, Farmer and Shopkeeper
³ William Levick, Parish Clerk
John Lister, Joiner, Wheelwright and Farmer
∗ John Liversidge, Shopkeeper
¹ Mrs Margaret Morton, Farmer
∗ Henry Mullens, Shoemaker
³ Lubin Murfin, Tailor
³ William Newton, vict. Yellow Lion
¹ Samuel Oxley, Farmer
∗ James Parker, Beerhouse
Thomas Peel, Cashier, Fence
¹ Miss Pegram, Mistress of Aughton Board School
∗ Alfred Preston, Grocer and Draper
¹ John Ramsden, Farm Bailiff
∗ Thomas Raynor, Tailor
¹ John Rose, Farmer
¹ Frederick Rodgers, Shopkeeper
Rother Vale Collieries (Lim.) Fence Colliery; and Orgreave and Treeton; L. W. Bates, General Manager
∗ Edward Rowe, Shoemaker and Toll Collector ² George Rusling, Farmer
∗ J. Sanderson, Master of Fence Board School
² Mr Joseph Senior
Michael Senior Wortley, Grocer, etc.; and Laughton-en-le-Morthen
John Shaw, Blacksmith
Samuel Skinner, Farmer, Lawn Farm
Miss Slinn, Mistress of Aston Infants Board School
John Smith, Gamekeeper
∗ Thomas Rodgers Smith, Nail Manufacturer
Bruce Sorby, Farmer, Hardwick
Horatio Sorby, West Park cot
Mrs Sarah Spacey, Shopkeeper
William Spacey, Butcher
Staveley Coal and Iron Co (Lim.), North Staveley Colliery; Charles Markham, Managing Director
W. H. Stone, Colliery Proprietor
Jonathan Thompson, Farmer, Faulkener Wood
³John Traunter, Butcher
∗ Joseph Traunter, Brickmaker
Rev. George W. Turner, Curate in charge
∗ Thomas Turner, Beerhouse
∗ Mrs Mary Unwin
Harry William Verelst Esq., J.P. Aston Hall
Bramham Vickers, Grocer and Draper
∗ Isaac Walker, Beerhouse
Joseph Walker, Stonemason
³ Charles Webster, Farmer
John White, Colliery Engineer and Postmaster
Mrs Jane Widdowson, Farmer
∗ William Wildman, Shopkeeper
Thomas Wilson, Ale and Porter Agent
William Wood, Farmer, Park Hill
Mrs Jane Young, Shopkeepr and Beer Seller
Aston in 1900
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