sisters, of whom Deborah, the youngest, was born at Asthall Manor in 1920. In 1926 the Mitford family left Asthall and moved to a new country house that Lord Redesdale had had built at Swinbrook. Asthall Barony The Tenant-in-Chief of Asthall in the Domesday Book in 1086 was Roger d'Ivery. Another name for a tenant-in-chief was a baron, specifically one who held tenure . This feudal barony survives to this day. Amenities Asthall village has a public house, The Maytime Inn, which is now a gastropub. Notable residents The British politician Baroness Scotland of Asthal, the former Attorney-General for England and Wales, lives in Asthall. References Sources and further reading External links Villages in Oxfordshire Civil parishes in Oxfordshire West Oxfordshire District