Elkstone

Human settlement in England

Elkstone

Elkstone Church

Elkstone

Location within Gloucestershire

Population| 248 (2011 Census)

Civil parish|

* Elkstone

District|

* Cotswold

Shire county|

* Gloucestershire

Region|

* South West

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| Cheltenham
Postcode district| GL53
Dialling code| 01242
Police| Gloucestershire
Fire| Gloucestershire
Ambulance| South Western
UK Parliament|

* The Cotswolds

List of places

England
Gloucestershire

51°48′31″N 2°02′58″W﻿ / ﻿51.8085°N 2.0495°W﻿ / 51.8085; -2.0495

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

* List of civil parishes in Gloucestershire

## References[edit]

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

## External links[edit]

* Media related to Elkstone at Wikimedia Commons