Aston Subedge(also writtenAston-sub-Edge) is a village andcivil parishin theCotswolddistrict ofGloucestershire,England, close by the border withWorcestershire(to the west). According to the 2001 census the population was 55, increasing to 107 at the2011 census.[2]The village is about 8 miles east ofEvesham,and near the village ofWeston-sub-Edge.
| Aston-sub-Edge | |
|---|---|
 St Andrew's church | |
  Aston-sub-Edge Location withinGloucestershire | |
| Population | 107 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SP142411 |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CHIPPING CAMPDEN |
| Postcode district | GL55 6 |
| Dialling code | 01386 |
| Police | Gloucestershire |
| Fire | Gloucestershire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
The church of St Andrew was built in 1797 byThomas JohnsonofWarwick.
Christopher Savage, Lord ofElmley Castle,Worcestershire, and an Esquire of the Body of King Henry VIII, had livery of the manor of Aston-sub-Edge on 14 May 1521,[3]which he had inherited from his father, Sir Christopher Savage, Knt., (who fell at theBattle of Floddenin 1513) who had acquired it by his marriage to Anne, daughter of Sir John Stanley, Knt., of Elford, Staffordshire (d. Nov 1508)[4]
Dover's Hilllies about 1 mile (2 km) to the south of Aston Subedge. In the 1630s Endymion Porter, a courtier and diplomat who lived at Aston-sub-Edge,[5]brought members of the court to see the Cotswold Olympics which were held on Dover's Hill.
References
edit- ^"Parish population 2011".Retrieved12 September2015.
- ^"Parish population 2011".Archived fromthe originalon 4 March 2016.Retrieved22 March2015.
- ^Calendar of State Papers(Henry VIII)
- ^Plantagenet Ancestryby Douglas Richardson, Baltimore, Md., 2004, p.284 and 639.
- ^Prerogative Court of Canterbury, PRO, Will of John Savage of Edgiock, &c., proved 11 Feb 1632, mentions.
- David Verey,Gloucestershire: the Cotswolds,The Buildings of England edited byNikolaus Pevsner,2nd ed. (1979)ISBN0-14-071040-X,p. 92
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