Aston Tirrold
Aston Tirrold | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Didcot | |
Postcode district | OX11 | |
Dialling code | 01235 | |
Police | Thames Valley | |
Fire | Oxfordshire | |
Ambulance | South Central | |
UK Parliament | ||
Website | The Astons.net | |
Aston Tirrold is a village and
Toponym
"Aston" is a common toponym derived from the Old English for "east town". It evolved via Eston and Extona in the 11th century and Eston in the 13th century before becoming Aston before the beginning of the 14th century. "Tirrold" began as Torald, Thorold and Thurroll in the 15th and 16th centuries, and the name was run together as Austenthorold in the 16th century. A Nicholas son of Torold held the manor in 1166.[2]
Churches
Church of England
There may have been a church on the site of the
The tower has a ring of six bells. The third bell was cast in about 1599, probably at Salisbury in Wiltshire. Joseph Carter of Reading, Berkshire cast the second bell in 1603. Henry I Knight of Reading cast the fourth bell in 1617 and Ellis I Knight cast the fifth bell in 1639. Lester and Pack of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry cast the tenor bell in about 1769. Mears and Stainbank, also of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, cast the treble bell in 1937. There is also a Sanctus bell, cast by an unidentified foundry in about 1499.[5] St Michael's is now part of the Benefice of the Churn.[6]
United Reformed Church
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Amenities
The former
Notable people
The musician Steve Winwood and the other members of his rock band Traffic (Jim Capaldi, Dave Mason, and Chris Wood) lived at a country cottage near Aston Tirrold in the late 1960s and wrote much of the Mr. Fantasy album there.[13] Other visitors included Stephen Stills and Pete Townshend.[14] Subsequently the guitarist Eric Clapton and drummer Ginger Baker, previously of Cream, visited, which led to the formation of the short-lived rock band Blind Faith.[15] Steve Winwood left the cottage in 1969, but returned for a BBC Four documentary screened in June 2010 and June 2013.[16] In 2003 the tennis player Tim Henman bought a property valued at £2 million at the edge of the village.[17]
References
- Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f Page & Ditchfield 1923, pp. 452–457
- ^ a b c d e Pevsner 1966, p. 73.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Michael (Grade II*) (1286159)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- Central Council for Church Bell Ringers. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- A Church Near You. Church of England. Archived from the originalon 30 May 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ McDonald 1978[page needed]
- ^ McDonald 1978[page needed]
- ^ a b Pevsner 1966, p. 74.
- ^ Aston Tirrold United Reformed Church
- ^ The Sweet Olive Restaurant at the Chequers Inn
- ^ Historic England. "The Manor House (Grade II*) (1369079)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ^ Ropek, Dan (8 September 1998). "The Traffic Cottage at Aston-Tirrold". The Steve Winwood and Traffic Fans' Site.
- ^ Thornton, Kate. "Arc of a Diver – The Steve Winwood Story". BBC Radio 2.
- ^ Clapton & Sykes 2007, pp. 114–115.
- ^ Steve Winwood: English Soul (60 mins). BBC. 18 June 2010.
- ^ "Henman's home win nets him a country retreat". The Times. London.(subscription required)
Sources
- ISBN 978-1-84605-160-9.
- McDonald, Frances (1978). Monument to Faith: A history of Aston Tirrold Reformed Church. Aston Tirrold.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Page, W.H.; Ditchfield, P.H., eds. (1923). A History of the County of Berkshire. Victoria County History. Vol. 3. assisted by John Hautenville Cope. London: The St Katherine Press. pp. 280–291.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). Berkshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 73–74.