Area 1.41 sq mi (3.7 km) OS grid reference SK860010 Local time Saturday 6:04 AM Dialling code 01572 | Population 46 2001 Census Unitary authority Shire county Rutland Post town Oakham | |
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Ayston is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is located about one mile (1.6 km) north-west of Uppingham close to the junction of the A47 and A6003. The population of the village was less than 100 at the 2011 census and is included in the civil parish of Ridlington. The placename means Aethelstan's farm or settlement; the estate was granted to Aethelstan, a minister of Edward the Confessor, in 1046.
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Map of Ayston, Oakham, UK
Ayston is part of Braunston & Belton ward which has one councillor on Rutland County Council.
The Grade II* listed St Mary the Virgin's Church came into the care of Churches Conservation Trust in April 2014.
The Hall
Ayston Hall is a 19th-century Grade II listed two storey house constructed of ashlar with a stone tiled roof and a three bay frontage. It stands in 2.4 acres (1 ha) of garden.
The house was built in 1807 by H. D. Legg for George Fludyer, MP and High Sheriff of Rutland for 1814, who had inherited the land from his widowed mother, the wife of Sir Samuel Fludyer, 1st Baronet. It became the seat of the Fludyer family and descended to the 5th and last baronet, Arthur John. On his death without an heir in 1922 the property passed to his nephew James Finch. In 2013 the house was on sale for £2.75m.