Aston is a village in South Yorkshire. Unlike other places of the name it does not mean "eastern farm or village", but is from Old English tun "farm, village, estate" with an uncertain first element. The name was recorded as Essetone in 1039, suggesting Old English ǣsc "ash tree" (as in Ashton and Ashton-in-Makerfield) but this is not certain. Aston has an anomalous Sheffield Postal Address even though it has been part of the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham since 1974 and, prior to that, part of Rotherham Rural District since 1894.
Town status
This is primarily a residential village rather than industrial, though there is an industrial estate within the village. The church is featured in the Domesday Book.
