Images of the Parish
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Aston & Cote
West End, Aston
West End and Back Lane Aston 1906
North Street, Aston House and Chapel
North Street, Aston
Aston House, North Street c.1905
Manor Farm House, Bull Street
Bull Street, Aston
View looking down Bull Street
The Square looking east
The Square, Red Lion c.1910
The Cottage in Aston High Street
The Square, before the War Memorial
Aston War Memorial
Long’s Post Office in the Square
The Elms, The Square
Cote Road, Aston
Cote Road, Club Day, early 20th Century
Cote Crossroads 1937
Cote House
Elm Barn in Cote
Leisure & Sports
Aston Feast in The Square c.1910
Aston Feast outside the Bull 1910
The Square, Aston Feast 1910
Aston Feast c.1906
Aston Club Day 1912, Cote Road
Aston Club Day 1912
The Old Berkshire Hounds at Aston 1913
Parade in Back Lane
Celebrations in The Square
British Legion Carnival July 1949
Coronation Parade 1953
Sunday School outing 1937 to Southsea
Sunday School Pagent 1950’s
Cycling Club (possibly Hardwick)
Cycle Group at the Cricket Pavillion
Aston Football Team and Mascot
Aston Football Team
H.W. Staples Cricket XI as played against Bampton 1899
Trades & Occupations
Workers at Long’s yard
Men working at Long’s wheelwright yard
Aston Laundry Worker
Inside the Aston Laundry
Hurdle making, Walter Long
Thatching
Reaping
Steam engine and hayricks
Steam engine and threshing
First tractor in Aston, with a Long’s wagon
Shops & Services
Aston Supply Stores, High Street
Long’s Post Office and Shop
Aston Repair Depot
Bovington’s Shop in The Square
Aston Laundry
J. H. Spurrett’s Shop in The Square
Jones Supply Stores (Butcher’s), The Square
Jones (New) Shop in The Square
Churches & School
St. James Church, consecrated in 1839
The Interior of St. James Church
Aston Vicarage, High Street
Aston Chapel (formerly the British School), North Street
Baptist Chapel in Cote
Interior of the Baptist Chapel
Aston School House, Cote Road
Aston School with Mr Nudds 1905
School Exterior 1905
School Exterior 1905
Interior of Aston School 1905
Aston School, classroom 1905
Children with their teacher c.1910
Demonstration (BMS) Aston School 1911
School children in (Christmas) costume
School children and teacher c.1920
Some of the men who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars
Information about all of the men of the parish who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars can be found on our War Memorial
John Henry Allsop
Thomas Brogden
Reginald Florey
Fred Fox
William Smith
William Townsend
More photographs and information can be found in our book Aston, Cote, Shifford & Chimney – A Parish History
