- Source: Aston Somerville
Aston Somerville is a small village approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Evesham, Worcestershire, England.
History
Historically, the Aston Somerville Village has consisted of three individual farms (originally known as the Lower, Middle and Upper Farms), albeit they have usually been farmed as one estate (most notably attributed to the Crowther Family in the 19th century).
St Mary's Church is a grade I listed building dating from the 13th century.
= War memorials
=The following names appear on the Village's war memorial in St. Mary's Church:
Percy Baverstock
Earnest Stock Dale
Gerald Haines - who is also commemorated on the Broadway War Memorial
George Frederick Hoddinot - "Fell at Damery" (also recorded on a tombstone)
James Pay
Alfred Perkins
Leonard Pitman
Recorded on another gravestone in the Churchyard is another World War I casualty:
Henry West KRR "Missing at Langemarch"
The sole World War II casualty recorded is:
Geoffrey Norman Wilson (son of Lt Col D.D. Wilson)
= Marriage records
=As of July 2012, information on marriages in Aston Somerville that occurred between 1700 and 1812 is available on the internet.
= 1994 Harrier crash
=On 14 January 1994, Harrier ZD349 crashed, which killed the American pilot, from RAF Wittering, Captain Brenden Hearney (26 March 1964 - 1994), aged 29. He may have stayed in his aircraft, to avoid hitting a school, and did not eject. The wreckage was over two or three fields. His father was General Richard D. Hearney. Brenden had studied Engineering at the University of Southern California, where he was part of the Skull and Dagger (honor society).
References
External links
Aston [Somerville] in the Domesday Book
More information on the Somerville family, the village and St Mary's Church
"Aston Somerville through the Ages" by June Barnet and Val Svendsen