Elton

Other current and historical names

Eltone
Elton Green

Built-Up Area: Elton
Parish/Community: Elton
Unitary Authority: Cheshire West and Chester
Region: North West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°16'28"N 2°48'52"W
Eastings/Northings: 345772, 375585
OS Grid: SJ457755
Mapcode Local: GBR 8ZSK.FW
Mapcode Global: WH87W.QYWL

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

Elton in historic gazetteers

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

Elton, township (ry. sta. Ince and Elton), Thornton-le-Moors par., W. Cheshire, near river Mersey, 2 miles SW. of Frodsham, 1143 ac., pop. 197.

Elton in the Domesday Book

A village in Ruloe hundred, in the county of Cheshire.

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Toki of Picton; Grim
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Earl Hugh
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 18/- in 1066; 6 shillings in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 1 smallholder; 2 other households
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (7 plough lands)

British Place Names

Elton, Cheshire West and Chester

Elton is a village in Cheshire West and Chester

Elton in historic gazetteers

Elton in the Domesday Book