Elkstone

Elkstone is a village and civil parish in the English county of Gloucestershire. In the 2001 United Kingdom census, the parish had a population of 203,[1] increasing to 248 at the 2011 census[2]

Elkstone
Elkstone Church
Elkstone is located in Gloucestershire
Elkstone
Elkstone
Location within Gloucestershire
Population248 (2011 Census)
 E
Civil parish
  • Elkstone
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCheltenham
Postcode districtGL53
Dialling code01242
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament

Approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of its post town, Cheltenham, and approximately 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Cirencester, Elkstone lies within the Cotswolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

History

Elkstone was listed as Elchestane in the Domesday Book of 1086.[3] The Church of St John the Evangelist was built in Elkstone around 1160.[4]It is a grade I listed building and contains an impressive norman tympanum and saxon stones.[5]

Governance

The civil parish of Elkstone forms part of the Ermin ward, which is in the district of Cotswold, represented by Councillor Julia Judd, a member of the Conservative Party.[6]

Elkstone is part of the parliamentary constituency of The Cotswolds, represented at parliament by Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Geoffrey Clifton-Brown.[7] Prior to Brexit in 2020, it was part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament.

See also

References
Footnotes
  1. "Area: Elkstone CP (Parish) — Parish Headcounts", Neighbourhood Statistics, Office for National Statistics, retrieved 12 August 2011
  2. "Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  3. "Documents Online — Image Details", www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/, The National Archives, retrieved 12 August 2011
  4. Verey, pp. 144–146
  5. "Church of St. John the Evangelist". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  6. "Member's Details — Mr Nicholas John Walter Parsons", www.cotswold.gov.uk, Cotswold District Council, retrieved 5 January 2016
  7. "Find Your MP — The Cotswolds", www.parliament.uk, Parliament of the United Kingdom, retrieved 12 August 2011
Bibliography
  • Verey, David (1976), Cotswold Churches, B.T. Batsford, ISBN 0-7134-3054-0
  • Media related to Elkstone at Wikimedia Commons
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