Founded in 1994, the Astons History Group meets about four times a year to discuss and record village history. Meetings are usually in members' houses, but sometimes at 'interesting' houses around the village.

There is no membership or joining fee.

We hold an 'open' meeting in the Village Hall, once a year, when an outside speaker gives a talk on a village or local topic.

We have published a range of booklets on different aspects of village history – see our Publications List – and have a programme of future booklets in the pipeline.

We have accumulated a large archive of village papers and photos which we are in the process of recording electronically.

Our photographic archive includes fascinating pictures from the 1880s, 1930s through to the present day, including our Millennium Albums.

These can be reproduced on request - as photo or other 'merchandise' items.

We hold regular exhibitions to mark special events in the village - such as the Centenary of the purchase of the Recreation Ground in 1897 (1997), the Millennium (2000) and the Village Hall's 40th. anniversary in 2004.

NEW TITLES

We have recently published a new edition of our Village Walkabout and also a reprint of a village history written in 1921.

History Group - The Curry Slides

History Group - Education in the Astons

History Group - Publications

This Wonderful Village : Letters from the Astons to Australia and India 1839-1845