Elton

Other current and historical names

Eltune

Parish/Community: Elton
District/Borough: Derbyshire Dales
County: Derbyshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°8'42"N 1°40'4"W
Eastings/Northings: 422302, 360937
OS Grid: SK223609
Mapcode Local: GBR 58K.YXP
Mapcode Global: WHCDM.B6YQ

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 and vil., Youlgreave par., N. Derbyshire, 1½ mile NW. of Winster, 1464 ac., pop. 516.

Elton in the Domesday Book

A village in Hamston hundred, in the county of Derbyshire.

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Karski father of Alsi; Uhtred
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 10 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 4 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Woodland: 3 furlongs

British Place Names

Elton, Derbyshire

Elton is a village in Derbyshire

Elton in historic gazetteers

Elton in the Domesday Book