Elkstone

Elkstone
Elkstone
	Elkstone Church
	Elkstone Location within Gloucestershire
Population	248 (2011 Census)
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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 UK England Gloucestershire 51°48′31″N 2°02′58″W / 51.8085°N 2.0495°W

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]

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.

^ "Area: Elkstone CP (Parish) — Parish Headcounts", Neighbourhood Statistics, Office for National Statistics, retrieved 12 August 2011
^ "Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
^ "Documents Online — Image Details", www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/, The National Archives, retrieved 12 August 2011
^ Verey, pp. 144–146
^ "Church of St. John the Evangelist". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
^ "Member's Details — Mr Nicholas John Walter Parsons", www.cotswold.gov.uk, Cotswold District Council, retrieved 5 January 2016
^ "Find Your MP — The Cotswolds", www.parliament.uk, Parliament of the United Kingdom, retrieved 12 August 2011