Aston Sandford

Infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Aston Sandford
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population= 48(est 2001 census) [ [http://analysis.mkiobservatory.org.uk/webview/index.jsp?mode=cube&cube=http://analysis.mkiobservatory.org.uk:80/obj/fCube/JD027C_C1&study=http://analysis.mkiobservatory.org.uk:80/obj/fStudy/JD027C MK Observatory pop calculated from combined parish of Aston Sandford and Kingsey] ]
latitude= 51.764232
longitude= -0.905355
civil_parish= Aston Sandford
shire_district= Aylesbury Vale
shire_county= Buckinghamshire
region= South East England
constituency_westminster= Buckingham
post_town= AYLESBURY
postcode_district= HP17
postcode_area= HP
dial_code= 01296
os_grid_reference= SP7507

Aston Sandford is a small village and civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England, about a mile east of Haddenham. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 50.

The 'Aston' part of the village name is Anglo-Saxon and means "Eastern Estate". At the time of the Domesday Book in 1086 the village was known as Cold Aston, and both it and Haddenham were owned by the same manor, suggesting that Aston got its name from being the farming estate to the east of Haddenham. The owner of both places in 1086 was listed as Manno the Breton.

By 1199 the estate had been annexed by the Norman rulers and was placed into the extensive estates belonging to the descendants of Odo of Bayeux: the Sandfords. It was from this time that the village became known as Aston Sandford.

The Nineteenth century parish church is dedicated to St Michael and All Angels.

The parish's rector from 1803-1821 was the biblical commentator Revd. Thomas Scott, who trained the first missionaries of the Church Missionary Society here.

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