Aston (disambiguation)
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Aston is the name of a number of places in England and the U.S..
- Aston, a district of Birmingham, England
- Aston University in Birmingham
- Aston Township, Pennsylvania, USA
- In Cheshire, England:
- Aston, Berkshire in England
- Aston, Derbyshire in England
- Aston, Herefordshire in England
- Aston, Hertfordshire in England
- Aston, Oxfordshire in England
- Aston, Shropshire in England
- Aston, South Yorkshire in England
- Aston, Ariège, France
In addition, as Aston was a common place name, a number of other places in England originally called Aston have added a qualifying word to their official names. These include:-
- Aston Abbotts in Buckinghamshire
- Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire
- Aston Flamville in Leicestershire
- Aston-on-Trent in Derbyshire
- Ivinghoe Aston in Buckinghamshire
- Little Aston, a district of Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
See also places named Ashton.
Aston may also refer to the following:
- Aston Broadcast Systems are a British manufacturer of electronic equipment for the broadcast industry, known in particular for their [Character Generators.
- A synonym for lower thirds, the graphics generated by Character Generators, whether the equipment is made by Aston Broadcast Systems Ltd. or not (a genericized trademark).
- Aston crater on the Moon, named for Francis William Aston.
- The Aston Formula One Team founded by Bill Aston, for which see Aston Butterworth.
- The Aston shell, which is a replacement for the standard Explorer shell in the Microsoft Windows Operating System.
- The Division of Aston Australian Electoral Division in Victoria.
- Aston is sometimes used as colloquial abbreviation for an Aston Martin car. The Aston part of the brand name comes from the Aston Hill Climb near Aston Clinton.
- Aston English School is an English language school in China with over 40 branches.
- Francis William Aston was the chemist who invented the mass spectrograph
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