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Elkstone
Location within Gloucestershire
Population248 (2011 Census)
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Civil parish
  • Elkstone
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Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Cheltenham
Postcode district GL53
Dialling code 01242
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51°48′31″N2°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]

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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] 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

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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References

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
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