Aston
Sign in to saveAston is an area of inner Birmingham, in the metropolitan West Midlands of England, and historically within Warwickshire. Located immediately to the north-west of Central Birmingham, Aston constitutes a ward within the metropolitan authority. Prior to 1911, it was an independent parish, separate to Birmingham, known as Aston-juxta-Birmingham. It is approximately from Birmingham City Centre.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.map_type
- West Midlands
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- Birmingham
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- West Midlands
- UK place.shire_county
- Warwickshire
- UK place.region
- West Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Birmingham Ladywood
- UK place.population
- 22,636
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011. Ward)
- UK place.post_town
- BIRMINGHAM
- UK place.postcode_district
- B6
- UK place.postcode_area
- B
- UK place.dial_code
- 0121
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SP072889
- UK place.static_image_name
- Aston_church_Birmingham.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Church of SS Peter & Paul, Aston
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Aston is an area of inner Birmingham, in the metropolitan West Midlands of England, and historically within Warwickshire. Located immediately to the north-west of Central Birmingham, Aston constitutes a ward within the metropolitan authority. Prior to 1911, it was an independent parish, separate to Birmingham, known as Aston-juxta-Birmingham. It is approximately from Birmingham City Centre.
==History== Aston was first mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086 as "Estone" (meaning east village or estate), having a mill, a priest and therefore probably a church, woodland and ploughland. The Church of Saints Peter and Paul was built in medieval times to replace an earlier church. The body of the church was rebuilt by J. A. Chatwin during the period 1879 to 1890; the 15th-century tower and spire, which was partly rebuilt in 1776, being the only survivors of the medieval building.