Coordinates: 51°41′14″N 0°56′59″W / 51.6873°N 0.9496°W
| Aston Rowant | |
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Aston Rowant shown within Oxfordshire |
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| Population | 815 (2001 census) |
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| OS grid reference | |
| Parish | Aston Rowant |
| District | South Oxfordshire |
| Shire county | Oxfordshire |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | OX49 |
| Dialling code | 01844 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Henley |
| List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire | |
Aston Rowant is a village and civil parish about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south of Thame in South Oxfordshire, England. The parish includes the villages of Aston Rowant and Kingston Blount, and borders Buckinghamshire to the southeast.
Aston Rowant is close to the ancient Lower Icknield Way.
The Church of England parish church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul is Norman and dates from around 1100.[1] It was restored by the architect E.G. Bruton in 1884.[2]
The village has a primary school.[3]
The Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway was built in 1872 and provided Aston Rowant railway station about 0.5 miles (800 m) from the village. The line was operated by the Great Western Railway until nationalisation in 1948. British Railways withdrew passenger services in 1957 and closed Aston Rowant goods yard in 1961. The track has since been dismantled.
The railway station has featured in four films:
- The Captive Heart (1946)
- My Brother Jonathan (1947)
- My Brother's Keeper (1948)
- Portrait of Clare (1950)
Excerpts of these films can be found at The Watlington Branch Line blog.
The village has a cricket club.[4]
Bibliography
- Lobel, Mary D. (1969). A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 8: Lewknor and Pyrton Hundreds. p. 16-43.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Sherwood, Jennifer (1974). The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin. p. 426-427. ISBN 0 14 071045 0.
References
- ^ Lobel et. al., 1969, pages 16-43
- ^ Pevsner & Sherwood, 1974, page 427
- ^ Aston Rowant Primary School
- ^ [http://astonrowant.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp Aston Rowant Cricket Club]
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