Church Aston

Human settlement in England

Unitary authority

Region

52°45′25″N 2°23′10″W / 52.757°N 2.386°W / 52.757; -2.386

Church Aston is a village and parish in Shropshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,354.^[1]

It is to the south of Newport, though has become merged with the town in recent years due to suburban growth.

Also in the parish is the small village of Longford and part of the hamlet of Cheswell.

Notable residents

Arthur Colegate - Conservative politician, lived at Church Aston Manor at time he was MP for The Wrekin 1940–45.^[2]
Iraj Mottahedeh - retired Anglican Bishop in Iran, lives in Church Aston.^[3]

^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 24 November 2015.
^ Who's Who, 1945. A and C Black. p. 551.
^ "Iraj Kalimi Mottahedeh". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 7 November 2016.