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Aston Blank

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[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]
"ASTON BLANK, (or Cold Aston), a parish in the hundred of Bradley, in the county of Gloucester, 3 miles to the N. of Northleach, its post town. It is situated on the river Windrush, not far from the borders of Oxfordshire and the old Fosse Way. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, of the value of £186, and in the gift of the lord chancellor. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. The charitable endowments, among which is £5 a year to a school, amount to £39. The estate called Little Aston Farm, belongs to Pembroke College, Oxford."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

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Archives & Libraries

  • Original source material relating to Aston Blank (or Cold Aston), and other parishes in Diocese of Gloucester may be found at the Gloucestershire Archives.

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Historical Geography

  • Aston Blank is also known as Cold Aston - not to be confused with Cold Ashton, near Marshfield.

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