# Ayston

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ayston
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ayston.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayston
> Source revision: 1354889028
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{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](/source/St_Mary_the_Virgin's_Church%2C_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](/source/United_Kingdom_Census_2001)<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](/source/Rutland_and_Stamford)
|london_distance={{convert|80|mi}} [SSE](/source/Boxing_the_compass)
|unitary_england=[Rutland](/source/Rutland)
|lieutenancy_england=[Rutland](/source/Rutland)
|shire_county=[Rutland](/source/Rutland)
|website=
}}
'''Ayston''' is a village and [civil parish](/source/civil_parish) in the county of [Rutland](/source/Rutland) in the [East Midlands](/source/East_Midlands) of England. It is about one mile (1.6&nbsp;km) north-west of [Uppingham](/source/Uppingham), close to the junction of the [A47](/source/A47_road) and [A6003](/source/A6003_road).  The population of the village was less than 100 at the 2011 census and is included in the civil parish of [Ridlington](/source/Ridlington). The placename means Aethelstan's farm or settlement; the estate was granted to Aethelstan, a minister of [Edward the Confessor](/source/Edward_the_Confessor), in 1046.

thumb|Houses in Ayston
Ayston is part of [Braunston](/source/Braunston-in-Rutland) & [Belton](/source/Belton-in-Rutland) ward which has one councillor on [Rutland County Council](/source/Rutland_County_Council).

The [Grade II* listed](/source/Grade_II*_listed) [St Mary the Virgin's Church](/source/St_Mary_the_Virgin's_Church%2C_Ayston) came into the care of [Churches Conservation Trust](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Sir_Samuel_Fludyer%2C_1st_Baronet). It became the seat of the Fludyer family and descended to the [5th and last baronet](/source/Fludyer_baronets), 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](/source/St_Mary_the_Virgin's_Church%2C_Ayston)

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==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]

{{Authority control}}

Category:Villages in Rutland
Category:Civil parishes in Rutland

{{Rutland-geo-stub}}

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ayston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayston) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayston?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.