Elkstone

Other current and historical names

Elchestane

Parish/Community: Elkstone
District/Borough: Cotswold
County: Gloucestershire
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°48'45"N 2°2'47"W
Eastings/Northings: 396884, 212675
OS Grid: SO968126
Mapcode Local: GBR 2NB.CCM
Mapcode Global: VHB23.GPWR

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Elkstone within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Elkstone in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Elkstone, par. and vil., E. Gloucestershire, 7½ miles NW. of Cirencester, 2058 ac., pop. 237.

Elkstone in the Domesday Book

A village in Rapsgate hundred, in the county of Gloucestershire.

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin; Another Leofwin; Alwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ansfrid of Cormeilles
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Bernard Beard (subinfeudated); Ansfrid of Cormeilles; 1 man-at-arms (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £7 10/- in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 6 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 7 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: ¹⁄₂ mixed measure
- Mills: 1, value 4 shillings

British Place Names

Elkstone, Gloucestershire

Elkstone is a village in Gloucestershire

Elkstone in historic gazetteers

Elkstone in the Domesday Book