Washington Irving's The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, written over twenty years previously and depicting the harmonious warm-hearted English Christmas festivities of earlier times that he had experienced while staying at Aston Hall, attracted Dickens, and the two authors shared the belief that the staging of a nostalgic English Christmas might restore a social harmony and well-being lost in the modern world.

G., Aston, M. and Hall, T., Monastic Archaeology: papers on the study of medieval monasteries ( Oxbow, 2001 ).

The university's Great Hall is located in the domed Aston Webb Building, which is named after one of the architects-the other was Ingress Bell.

Aston Hall

* Aston Hall

The Town Hall is now also used as the venue for Graduation Ceremonies of Aston University, over 5 days in July and March each year.

The Museums Act 1845 “ boroughs with a population of 10, 000 or more to raise a 1 / 2d for the establishment of museums .” In 1864 the first public exhibition room, was opened when the Society and other donors presented 64 pictures as well as the Sultanganj Buddha to Birmingham Council and these were housed in the Free Library building but, due to lack of space, the pictures had to move to Aston Hall.

* Aston Hall, in Aston, built 1618-1635

Further out of the centre The Centenary Club, the William Aston Hall and The Student Guild at Glyndŵr University also provide regular live music shows.

Most international artists perform in the larger venues of Central Station or the William Aston Hall.

The William Aston Hall at Glyndŵr University is a 900-seat venue which has recently undergone extensive refurbishment, and is now designed to accommodate a range of events from conferences and exhibitions to theatrical performances and pop / rock concerts.

There are also Aston Wood Golf Club, Moor Hall Golf Club, Sutton Coldfield Golf Club, Little Aston and Boldmere Golf Club.

The march of the King and his army south from Shrewsbury in the days leading up to the Battle of Edge Hill in October 1642 met strong local resistance, with troops headed by Prince Rupert of the Rhine and the Earl of Derby being ambushed by local trainbands in Moseley and King's Norton, and the King's baggage train attacked by Birmingham townspeople and his personal possessions plundered and transported to Warwick Castle while the King stayed with the Royalist Sir Thomas Holte at Aston Hall.

From there he attacked and removed the Royalist garrison from nearby Aston Hall, established control over the countryside leading out to Royalist Worcestershire, and launched a series of audacious raids as far afield as Bewdley.

After the conclusion of penal times, in the early 19th century, they found their way into the hands of Sir Thomas Fitzherbert-Brockholes of Aston Hall, near Stone, Staffordshire.

In 1897 Aston Villa moved into the Aston Lower Grounds, a sports ground in a Victorian amusement park situated in the former grounds of Aston Hall, a Jacobean stately home.

" Situated in the former grounds of Aston Hall, a Jacobean stately home, the Lower Grounds had seen varied uses over the years.

" On completion the Trinity Road Stand was considered one of the grandest in Britain, complete with stained glass windows, Italian mosaics, Dutch gables in the style of Aston Hall and a sweeping staircase.

Two large staircases, pediments, Dutch gables and a mosaic introduced in the 2007 season in the style of the old Trinity Road Stand make up the facade, itself inspired by Aston Hall.

The road is on a viaduct as it passes through Aston ; this section cuts through the grounds of Aston Hall.

The deal valued Aston Martin / AML at £ 2 million, the year it built its 10, 000th car.

* 1936 – 1940 Aston Martin 2-litre Speed Models ( 23 built ) The last 8 were fitted with C-type bodywork

The main façade, built from red brick and Portland stone, stretches along Cromwell Gardens and was designed by Aston Webb after winning a competition in 1891 to extend the museum.

In 1906 the RCS moved into an imposing new building designed by Sir Aston Webb, which was built in a Classical style and had distinctive brick courses.

A new veterans memorial, dedicated to all veterans who lived in the township ( and present-day Chester Heights prior to 1948 ) from the American Revolution to the present-day Operation Iraqi Freedom, along with Aston Township EMTs, Police, and Firefighters killed in the line of duty, has been built at the same intersection, opposite the former inn site.

As four-seaters were more profitable, two-seaters increasingly turned over to specialist manufacturers, led by Alvis, Aston-Martin, and Frazer-Nash, with shoestring budgets, fanatic followers, and limited sales ( today exemplified by Aston and Morgan ): between 1921 and 1939, 350 Astons were built ; 323 Frazer-Nashes in the period 1924 – 39.

In 1909, the south range of third new courtyard – named for its architect Aston Webb – was built to the south of the library.

This created problems, as the flights of locks at Aston and Farmer's Bridge became congested, and this became worse when the Warwick Canal built a junction onto the Digbeth Branch.

Facel lost money on every car they built, the luxury car side of the company being supported entirely by the other work done by Facel Metallon, Jean Daninos's obsession being very similar to that of David Brown of Aston Martin.

It was built in 1908-09 by Aston Webb to provide extra accommodation to host increasing numbers of undergraduate students.

On 3 October 2003, the dual carriageway section was extended to the £ 25m Aston Clinton Bypass, which was originally intended to be built at the same time as the two sections further south.

In 2009 a new Household waste and recycling centre was built to the north Aston Clinton, north of the A41, Council Poster, Planning Application.

The Church of SS Peter & Paul, Aston was built in medieval times to replace an earlier church.

Much of Aston consists of terraced houses that were built around the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century.

Mentmore was the first of what was to become a virtual Rothschild enclave in the Vale of Aylesbury, as later, other members of the family built houses at Tring in Hertfordshire, Ascott, Aston Clinton, Waddesdon and Halton.

The current site was built in 1974, after the old schools at Wingrave and Aston Abbotts closed.

The Church of St John the Baptist is known to have been built by 1135 when Oscot was rector with the parish of Dronfield covering Little Barlow, Coal Aston, Povey, Holmesfield, Apperknowle, Dore and Totley.

Built by Aston Webb, the 7 storey building was built in 1907 with the banner The Grand Trunk Railway of Canada on 4 Warwick House Street and Canadian National Railway on Cockspur Street.

Aston Martin announced that the last 40 cars built would have a new ' Ultimate Black ’ exterior colour, upgraded interior, and personalised sill plaques.

The DB9 is the first model to be built at Aston Martin's Gaydon facility in Warwickshire, England.

The Aston Martin Lagonda was a luxury four-door saloon built by Aston Martin of Newport Pagnell, England, between 1974 and 1990.