 aston abbotts or aston abbots is a village and civil parish in the aylesbury vale district of buckinghamshire, england. it is about  north of aylesbury and  south west of wing. the parish includes the hamlet of burston. the 2011 census recorded a parish population of 366. ==manor== "aston" is a common toponym in england, derived from the old english for "eastern estate". the suffix "abbotts" refers to the former abbey in the village, which until the dissolution of the monasteries in the 16th century was the country home of the abbots of st albans in hertfordshire. the present house called the abbey, aston abbotts was largely built in the late 18th century and altered in the early 19th century. ==parish church== the church of england parish church of st james the great has a late 15th or early 16th century perpendicular gothic west tower, but the rest of the building was demolished in 1865 and replaced with a new nave and chancel designed by the oxford diocesan architect g.e. street and completed in 1866.{{cite web |title=church of st james |url= http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1116023 |work=national heritage list for england |publisher=[[english
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