Elkstone

Elkstone

Elkstone Church
Elkstone
 Elkstone shown within Gloucestershire
Population 248 (2011 Census)
Civil parishElkstone
DistrictCotswold
Shire countyGloucestershire
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Cheltenham
Postcode district GL53
Dialling code 01242
Police Gloucestershire
Fire Gloucestershire
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK ParliamentThe Cotswolds
List of places
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Gloucestershire

Coordinates: 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

Elkstone was listed as Elchestane in the Domesday Book of 1086.[3] A church was built in Elkstone around 1160.[4]

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.[5]

Elkstone is part of the constituency of The Cotswolds, represented at parliament by Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Geoffrey Clifton-Brown.[6] 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. ↑ "Parish population 2011.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. ↑ "Member's Details — Mr Nicholas John Walter Parsons", www.cotswold.gov.uk, Cotswold District Council, retrieved 5 January 2016
  6. ↑ "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 
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