Elkesley
| Elkesley | |
| Nottinghamshire | |
|---|---|
 St Giles' Church, Elkesley | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK688755 |
| Location: | 53°16’12"N, -0°58’12"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 822 (2011) |
| Post town: | Retford |
| Postcode: | DN22 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Bassetlaw |
Elkesley is a village and parish in Nottinghamshire. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 805,[1] increasing to 822 at the 2011 Census.[2] It is located six miles south of Retford.
The parish church of St Giles was built c. 1300 in Decorated style, and was partially reconstructed in 1845.[3] There is also a pub in Elkesley named the Robin Hood and also a small shop and a primary school.
Toponomy
Elkesley seems to contain the Old English personal name, Ealac', + lēah (Old English) a forest, wood, glade, clearing; (later) a pasture, meadow., so 'Ealac's wood/clearing'.[4]
A1 road
Elkesley is highly unusual in that it is only accessible by a dual carriageway, the A1 road.[5] The residents have been campaigning for a bridge for over twenty years.
The Highways Agency has acknowledged that access to and from the village is difficult and implemented a temporary speed limit of 50 mph in the 1990s.[5] The HA started a consultation in 2005, with an exhibition held at Elkesley village hall in February 2008. A Public Inquiry was planned for 2010 but postponed pending the outcome of the Spending Review.[5]
In 2013, construction began on a bridge connecting Elkesley to the A1 road. It opened in mid-late 2015.
References
- ↑ Neighbourhood Statistics. "Area: Elkesley CP (Parish)". Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=798327&c=DN22+8AN&d=16&e=15&g=477896&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1207394875784&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123145&c=Elkesley&d=16&e=62&g=6456351&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1460123465297&enc=1. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire. p.121. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.
- ↑ J. Gover, A. Mawer & F. M. Stenton (eds.), Place Names of Nottinghamshire (Cambridge, 1940), p.78; A.D.Mills, Dictionary of English Place-Names (Oxford, 2002), p.126; E .Ekwall, Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names (Oxford, 1960), p.163
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "A1 Elkesley Junctions Improvement". Highways Agency. http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/5815.aspx. Retrieved 21 June 2008.
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