A Robert de Wauncy, who witnessed Magna Carta, is documented as holding the manors of Astwell and Fancote (Falcutt) in the reigns of Henry III and Edward I.

[3] In 1453, a John Thorn of Brackley is recorded as being a witness to a grant of land in Astwell, Northamptonshire,[4] The manor maintained close links to nearby Syresham.

The Astwell fields were enclosed in 1761,[6] and two years later, the manor was sold to Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple (1711–1779).

[9] In 1871, there were only 5 houses and 37 inhabitants,[9] and, according to the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870–72 by John Marius Wilson, the hamlet had become a sportsmen's resort.

[11] On 9 November 2008, Lt Col Terry Hayes, Deputy Commander of the USAF 422nd Air Base Group at RAF Croughton laid a special wreath and read out the names of the US airmen.