Aston Comprehensive. A Guide to Aston, Aughton and Swallownest (1983)
School A guide/history of the area by pupils at the school comprising memories and photos of the past, plus an outline of community facilities at that time.
Aston and District History Project. Aston and Districts: It's People & Past - Volume One 1991 (1991)
Useful pamphlet with brief histories of each district and photographs.
Aston Local History Group. Some Aspects of the History of Aston-cum-Aughton (1977)
A history of the parish selecting out key themes from the Domesday Survey of 1086 to enclosure, employment and education in more modern times. Selected gentry families and prominent buildings are also looked at.
Aston Local History Group. Top O'T'ill: Further Aspects of the History of Aston-cum-Aughton (2001)
Detailed history of the parish with useful chapters on the parish church, education and coal mining.
Aughton Methodist Church Centenary Booklet, 1843-1943 (1943)
A commemorative booklet containing comments by past incumbents of the church and a short section on Methodism in the area.
Bailey, C C. History of Aston Parish (1956)
A detailed history of the parish starting from Anglo-Saxon times and looking at themes like the English Civil War and how it affected the area, the poor and how they survived, churches and services like the mail through the ages.
Cross, H G. A Short History of the Swallownest Baptist Church (1958)
A little booklet outlining the development of the Baptist religion in the area and the history of their church.
Fence Methodist Church (no date)
A short history of the church plus details of the activities in which its members were involved at the time of writing.
Hunter, J. South Yorkshire (1828-1831) Volume Two, pages 161-177
This section outlines how Aston and Aughton were two distinct manors in Saxon times, the development of the churches and the pedigrees of prominent local families like the Darcys and the Verelsts.
Metcalfe, N. The Domesday Survey of the Doncaster Region (1986) pages 4-5
This shows the recorded names and lands associated with Aston and Aughton in 1086 at the time of the Domesday Survey.
Morris, N. The Eight Shilling Manor: The history of Aston Cum Aughton from the saxon ages through to the present day (2001)
2nd Edition of this useful history of Aston cum Aughton.
Perriss, E . A Study of Aston Church and Churchyard (1995)
A dissertation which studies the churchyard and church building at All Saints Church, Aston.
Perriss, E. Travelling and Tunnelling: Were the Mining Families of North Staveley, in the late nineteenth century, local or In-migrants? (1995)
A study for an Open University course which looks at the migrant status of the mining families at the old colliery at North Staveley using material from Rotherham Archives and Local Studies Section.
Smith, A H. The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire (1961), pages 158-161.
An extract which shows the origins of the Aston and Aughton place names.
Staveley, G. William Mason 1725-1797 (2001)
Biography of William Mason Rector of Aston.
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