Elkstone
| Elkstone | |
| Gloucestershire | |
|---|---|
 Elkstone Church | |
| Location | |
| Location: | 51°48’31"N, 2°2’58"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 248 (2011) |
| Post town: | Cheltenham |
| Postcode: | GL53 |
| Dialling code: | 01242 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cotswold |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
The Cotswolds |
Elkstone is a village and parish in the Rapsgate hundred 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 seven miles south of its post town, Cheltenham, and approximately eight miles 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] A church was built in Elkstone around 1160.[4]
References
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Elkstone) |
- Footnotes
- ↑ "Area: Elkstone CP (Parish) — Parish Headcounts", Neighbourhood Statistics (Office for National Statistics), http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=794771&d=16&e=15&g=447855&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=0&s=1313155571008&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779, retrieved 12 August 2011
- ↑ "Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402133014/https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123148&c=GL53+9PE&d=16&e=62&g=6427021&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1427122706625&enc=1. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ↑ "Documents Online — Image Details", www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ (The National Archives), http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7577493, retrieved 12 August 2011
- ↑ Verey, pp. 144–146
- Bibliography
- Verey, David (1976), Cotswold Churches, B.T. Batsford, ISBN 0-7134-3054-0