Aston cum Aughton Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Aston cum Aughton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Ulley and Aughton.

Alternative names: Aston, Aston with Aughton

Riding: West Riding

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1558
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602

Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ASTON-WITH-AUGHTON, a township and a parish in Rotherham district, W. R. Yorkshire.

The township lies near the river Rother, 2 miles SSW of Beighton r. station, and 5 E of Rotherham; and has a post office, of the name of Aston, under Rotherham. Real property, £7,105, of which £2,002 are in mines. Pop., 995. Houses, 195.

The parish includes also part of the township of Ulley. Acres, 2,915. Real property, with the rest of Ulley, £8,569. Pop., 1,032. Houses,-203. The property is sub-divided. The manor belonged formerly to the D’Arcys, and belongs now to the Duke of Leeds. A. Hall is the seat of T. Tillotson, Esq.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £760. Patron, the Duke of Leeds. The church is ancient, and contains a monument to Lord D’Arcy and his three wives, a splendid screen, and a Norman font.

There are Methodist chapels, national schools, and charities £37.

The Rev. William Mason, the editor of Gray’s poems and the author of “Isis” and other poems of his own, was rector.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Registers

Paver’s Marriage Licences

It would appear that a good many licences were never used. So genealogists should exercise a little care in their acceptance of the licenses.

1630 Thomas Revell, Whiston, and Margaret Bate, Aston—either place.

Source: The Yorkshire Archaeological Society Record Series Vol XL for the Year 1908; Edited by John WM. Clay, F.S.A., Vice-President of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society; Printed for the Society 1909.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Aston-with-Aughton – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions, etc., from several Yorkshire churches..

England, Yorkshire, Aston-with-Aughton – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Aston and Aughton, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Yorkshire, Aston-with-Aughton – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Aston-with-Aughton, 1602-1864
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Aston-with-Aughton (Yorkshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Ulley, 1865-1869
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Ulley (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Aston, parish registers
Author:    University of York. Borthwick Institute

Parish registers for Netherthorpe, 1883-1905
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Netherthorpe (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Aston-with-Aughton – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Aston, Yorks., Eng

Computer printout of Ulley or Ulley cum Brampton, Yorks., Eng

England, Yorkshire, Aston-with-Aughton – Taxation ( 4 )
Land tax assessments for Aston township, 1781-1831
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Land tax assessments for Ulley township, 1781-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Land tax assessments, 1836-1899
Author:    Aston-with-Aughton (Yorkshire)

Land tax assessments, 1836-1899
Author:    Ulley (Yorkshire)

Administration

  • County: Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District: Rotherham
  • Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
  • Diocese: York
  • Rural Deanery: Doncaster
  • Poor Law Union: Rotherham
  • Hundred: Strafforth and Tickhill
  • Province: York