{{Short description|Village in Gloucestershire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2015}} {{Infobox UK place <!-- BASICS --> | official_name = Elkstone | country = England | region = South West England <!-- IMAGES --> | static_image_name = Elkstone Church - geograph.org.uk - 131437.jpg <!-- specified as filename.jpg --> | static_image_width = <!-- allows control of the image width. Should be omitted in most cases (will default to 240) --> | static_image_caption = Elkstone Church | static_image_alt = <!-- for a description of the image per WP:ALT --> | population = 248 | population_ref = (2011 census) | os_grid_reference = | map_type = <!-- type of map (leave blank for default map, or set to nomap, UK or Greater Belfast to force a particular map) --> | map_alt = <!-- alt text for map, for visually impaired and other readers who cannot see the image; see </nowiki>WP:ALT<nowiki> --> | coordinates = {{coord|51.8085|-2.0495|display=inline,title}} | label_position = | post_town = Cheltenham | postcode_area = GL | postcode_district = GL53 | dial_code = 01242 <!-- GOVERNANCE --> | constituency_westminster = North Cotswolds | civil_parish = Elkstone <!-- DISTANCES --> <!-- you can use the template {{convert|(enter data)|mi|precision=0}} to help convert miles to km automatically; both are displayed --> | london_distance_mi = <!-- for UK articles (outside of Greater London), distance to London as the crow flies --> | london_distance_km = | london_distance = | london_direction = E | shire_district = Cotswold | shire_county = Gloucestershire | website = <!-- Council website for place (specifically) --> }} '''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,<ref name=Headcount /> increasing to 248 at the 2011 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123148&c=GL53+9PE&d=16&e=62&g=6427021&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1427122706625&enc=1 |title=Parish population 2011|accessdate= 25 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402133014/https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123148&c=GL53+9PE&d=16&e=62&g=6427021&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1427122706625&enc=1 |archivedate=2 April 2015 }}</ref>
Approximately {{Convert|7|mi}} south of its post town, Cheltenham, and approximately {{Convert|8|mi}} 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.<ref name=NatArch /> The Church of St John the Evangelist was built in Elkstone around 1160.<ref name=Verey /> It is a grade I listed building and contains an impressive Norman tympanum and Saxon stones.<ref name="nhle">{{cite web |title=Church of St. John the Evangelist |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1088444 |website=National Heritage List for England |publisher=Historic England |accessdate=13 October 2020}}</ref>
==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.<ref name=councillor />
Elkstone is part of the parliamentary constituency of North Cotswolds,<ref>{{cite web|title=Location of North Cotswolds |url=https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/4201/location |publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom|access-date=4 January 2024}}</ref> represented at parliament by Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown |url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/249/contact |publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom|access-date=4 January 2024}}</ref> Prior to Brexit in 2020, it was part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament.
==See also== *List of civil parishes in Gloucestershire
==References== ;Footnotes {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=Headcount>{{Citation | title = Area: Elkstone CP (Parish) — Parish Headcounts | work = Neighbourhood Statistics | publisher = Office for National Statistics | url = http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=794771&d=16&e=15&g=447855&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=0&s=1313155571008&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779| accessdate =12 August 2011 }}</ref> <ref name=NatArch>{{Citation | title = Documents Online — Image Details | work = nationalarchives.gov.uk| publisher = The National Archives | url = http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7577493 | accessdate =12 August 2011 }}</ref> <ref name=Verey>Verey, pp. 144–146</ref> <ref name=councillor>{{citation | work = cotswold.gov.uk | title = Member's Details — Mr Nicholas John Walter Parsons | publisher = Cotswold District Council | url = http://www.cmis.cotswold.gov.uk/cmis5/Councillors/tabid/62/ScreenMode/Ward/Default.aspx#MemberSectionErmin | accessdate = 5 January 2016 | archive-date = 20 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160320220051/http://www.cmis.cotswold.gov.uk/cmis5/Councillors/tabid/62/ScreenMode/Ward/Default.aspx#MemberSectionErmin | url-status = dead }}</ref> }} ;Bibliography {{Refbegin}} *{{Citation | last = Verey | first = David | title = Cotswold Churches | publisher = B.T. Batsford | year = 1976 | isbn = 0-7134-3054-0 | ref = Verey}} {{Refend}}
==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Elkstone}}
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Category:Civil parishes in Gloucestershire Category:Cotswold District Category:Villages in Gloucestershire