Elmstone

Other current and historical names

Aelvetone

Parish/Community: Preston
District/Borough: Dover
County: Kent
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°17'54"N 1°14'14"E
Eastings/Northings: 625773, 160475
OS Grid: TR257604
Mapcode Local: GBR VZF.FMD
Mapcode Global: VHLGJ.DMFC

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

Elmstone in historic gazetteers

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

Elmstone, par., E. Kent, 6 miles E. of Canterbury, 439 ac., pop. 61; contains Elmstone Court.

Elmstone in the Domesday Book

A village in Preston hundred, in the county of Kent.

- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Canterbury St Augustine
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Canterbury St Augustine; Godesa
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Canterbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ansfrid (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ³⁄₈ men's plough

British Place Names

Elmstone, Kent

Elmstone is a village in Kent

Elmstone in historic gazetteers

Elmstone in the Domesday Book