{{Short description|Village and civil parish in Rutland, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place |official_name=Ayston |country=England |region=East Midlands |static_image_name = St Mary the Virgin, Ayston, Rutland by-Kate-Jewell.jpg |static_image_caption=St Mary the Virgin's Church, Ayston |area_footnotes=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3313|title=A vision of Britain through time |accessdate=21 April 2022 |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth}}</ref> |area_total_sq_mi=1.41 |population = 46 |population_ref = 2001 Census<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rutland.gov.uk/ppimageupload/Image27657.PDF |title=Rutland Civil Parish Populations |accessdate=25 January 2009 |publisher=Rutland County Council |date=2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012204902/http://www.rutland.gov.uk/ppimageupload/Image27657.PDF |archive-date=2007-10-12 |url-status = dead}}</ref> |population_density={{convert|33|/sqmi|/km2|abbr=on}} |os_grid_reference=SK860010 |label_position = top |coordinates = {{coord|52.60|-0.73|display=inline,title}} |post_town=OAKHAM |postcode_area=LE |postcode_district=LE15 |dial_code=01572 |constituency_westminster=Rutland and Stamford |london_distance={{convert|80|mi}} SSE |unitary_england=Rutland |lieutenancy_england=Rutland |shire_county=Rutland |website= }} '''Ayston''' is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is 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.
thumb|Houses in Ayston 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.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 10, 2014 |title=Rutland church to become 345th addition to our collection |url=http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/latestnews/2014-04-10/Rutland-church-to-become-345th-addition-to-our-collection/ |access-date=February 19, 2026 |publisher=Churches Conservation Trust}}</ref>
==Ayston 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.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1073698|desc=Ayston Hall|grade=II}}</ref> It stands in {{convert|2.4|acres}} of garden.
The house was built in 1807 by William Daniel Legg for George Fludyer.<ref>{{cite book |author=Howard Colvin |author-link=Howard Colvin |title=A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600–1840|year=1978|publisher=John Murray|isbn=0-7195-3328-7|page=511}}</ref> He 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 £2.75 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.see360.co.uk/aystonhall/pdf/20095212370.pdf |title=Ayston Hall-Pictures of House |accessdate=15 April 2013}}</ref>
==See also== *St Mary the Virgin's Church, Ayston
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==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Ayston}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20050329101948/http://www.rutnet.co.uk/pp/location/detail.asp?ID=2 Rutland Website – Ayston] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070623164016/http://www.digiatlas.esmartweb.com/rutland/ayston.html Church]
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Category:Villages in Rutland Category:Civil parishes in Rutland
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