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

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]

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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