Elkstone

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

 Elkstone shown within Gloucestershire
Population 203 (2001 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 Great Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament The Cotswolds
List of places
UK
England
Gloucestershire

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] 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.[2] A church was built in Elkstone around 1160.[3]

Governance

The civil parish of Elkstone is forms part of the ward or Ermin, which is in the district of Cotswold, represented by Councillor Nicholas Parsons, a member of the Conservative Party.[4]

Elkstone is part of the constituency of The Cotswolds, represented at parliament by Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Geoffrey Clifton-Brown.[5] It is 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. ↑ "Documents Online — Image Details", www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ (The National Archives), retrieved 12 August 2011 
  3. ↑ Verey, pp. 144–146
  4. ↑ "Member's Details — Mr Nicholas John Walter Parsons", www.cotswold.gov.uk (Cotswold District Council), retrieved 12 August 2011 
  5. ↑ "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

  • Media related to Elkstone at Wikimedia Commons
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