Aston is a so-called "ward" (district?) north of Birmingham, England, which hosts the Aston Hall, which is our main reason of interest with this place, which is otherwise not amongst the places enjoying the best reputation in the area. It is also fortunate that the mansion, a fine example of prodigy houses, was not demolished by Birmingham's crazy urban development, like the ill-fated Perry hall (with which it entered into a competition as to which should survive)