Aston Ingham

Aston Ingham is a village in south-eastern Herefordshire, England, near Newent and about 7mile east of Ross-on-Wye. The population of the village at the 2011 census was 398. There is a church, dedicated to St John the Baptist, which has been a Grade II* listed building since 17 March 1987.EtymologyThe village was called Estune in the Domesday Book (1086), for the Old English ēast tūn, meaning "eastern farmstead or estate". In 1242, it was Estun Ingan for the Ingan family who had a manor there at the time.HistoryAt the time of the 11th-century Domesday Book, Aston was located in Bromsash Hundred in Herefordshire, with 23 households. There was one lord's plough team, eight men's plough teams, and one mill. In 1066, the lord was Edward the Confessor and 20 years later the lord of the village was Godfrey, who was also lord of Cleeve and Lower Cleeve and Wilton in Bromsash Hundred and Ashe in Archenfield Hundred. Ansfrid of Cormeilles was the tenant-in-chief. For about one hundred years, the land was attached to the barony of Cormeiles. The land was then sold to the Ingayn (or Ingan) family, who added their name to the village name.