Historic audio recordings
Many years ago – in the mid-late 1980s – Di Eaton, who lives in Aston Rowant, and Jan Atkins, who lives in Kingston Blount, were researching for a book about the parish. As part of this they held and recorded interviews with selected residents. These recordings and transcripts are now on the website under Community […]
Mark LordAston Arms to reopen
The Aston Arms is to reopen on Saturday 9 September from 1800 to 2300hrs… for the Last Night of the Proms. Soft drinks, beers, cider, and wines at an affordable price – bring the family. See the attachment below for more information.
ARCC this weekend
The main event of next week is the consultation meeting on Thursday 24 August – see the separate post on this website. To the cricket itself. With three weekends of league cricket left all four senior teams have plenty to play for. Whilst the weather forecast for Friday is not good it is much better […]
Cricket Club pavilion consultation
Aston Rowant Cricket Club is holding an open consultancy meeting, in the clubhouse, on Thursday 24thAugust at 8.00pm. The meeting is open to all club members and members of the public. The meeting is to allow the club to explain the three-phase approach to the re-development of the club off-field facilities. These are very different […]
ARCC this weekend
Once again we are in the hands of the weather gods after all four senior games last weekend were washed out. As these notes are being written the forecast is not good for Saturday but may be better for the usual junior training on Friday night. If the rain does hold off, the 2nd and […]
Parish Notes – Aug / Sept 2023
The latest issue of the Parish Notes is now available. Look under Community > Parish Notes.
ARCC this weekend
Once again we are in the hands of the weather gods and the forecast for weekend is not good. Whilst the forecast for Friday looks good for junior training, Saturday does not look good. If the weather holds the first team will host Harefield from 11.30 and the third team will host Westbury second team […]
Aston Rowant Church clock
The clock in the tower of St Peter and St Paul’s Church in Aston Rowant was installed in 1876. Just recently it has become unreliable and is liable to stop without apparent reason so experts in all things to do with time keeping, came to overhaul, clean and inspect the clock. They dismantled the clock […]
Cycling challenge – 19 August
Sunday 19 August sees 300 riders cycling through the Chilterns, starting in Kingston Blount. The route is 63 mile loop starting and finishing at the Kingston Blount Estate using a mix of public roads, byways and bridleways in the local area. There will be no road closures or restrictions to other users on the roads […]