Elkstone | |
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![]() Elkstone Church | |
Location within Gloucestershire | |
Population | 248 (2011 Census) |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Cheltenham |
Postcode district | GL53 |
Dialling code | 01242 |
Police | Gloucestershire |
Fire | Gloucestershire |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
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.
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.
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