Aston Upthorpe

Coordinates: 51°34′26″N 1°12′18″W / 51.574°N 1.205°W / 51.574; -1.205

Aston Upthorpe
All Saints' parish church
Aston Upthorpe  Aston Upthorpe shown within Oxfordshire
Population	190 (2001 census)[1]
OS grid reference	SU5586
Civil parish	Aston Upthorpe
District	South Oxfordshire
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Didcot
Postcode district	OX11
Dialling code	01235
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Wantage
Website	The Astons.Net
List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire

Aston Upthorpe is a village and civil parish at the foot of the Berkshire Downs about 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Didcot. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.

Prehistory

Half of the 360 foot (110 m) high Blewburton Hill is in the parish. The hill is the site of an Iron Age hill fort that may have been occupied from the 4th century BC to the 1st century BC.^[2]

Parish church

The Church of England parish church of All Saints may date from the second half of the 11th century.^[3] However, the only surviving Norman features are one small window in the north wall of the nave and the blocked-up remains of a south doorway.^[3] The nave roof may be 14th century and its west wall and Perpendicular Gothic window may be 15th century.^[3] The wooden north porch is of uncertain date,^[2] possibly the first half of the 17th century.^[3] In 1859-60 the Gothic Revival architect P.C. Hardwick restored the nave^[3] and rebuilt the chancel.^[2] The bellcote is also wooden and has two bells,^[3] and may have been added by Hardwick.^[2] All Saints is now a member of the Churn Benefice.^[4]

Thorpe Street, Aston Upthorpe

References

Sources

• Page, W.H.; Ditchfield, P.H., eds. (1924). A History of the County of Berkshire, Volume 4. Victoria County History. pp. 280–291. 
• Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). Berkshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 74. 

External links

• Media related to Aston Upthorpe at Wikimedia Commons
• Aston [Upthorpe] in the Domesday Book

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