Church Aston

Church Aston
Church Aston
	The Church of St Andrew at Church Aston
	Church Aston Location within Shropshire
Population	1,354 (2011)
OS grid reference	SJ739178
Civil parish	Church Aston;
Unitary authority	Telford and Wrekin;
Ceremonial county	Shropshire;
Region	West Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWPORT
Postcode district	TF10
Dialling code	01952
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Shropshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	The Wrekin;
	List of places UK England Shropshire 52°45′25″N 2°23′10″W / 52.757°N 2.386°W

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.

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