In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Elton like this:
ELTON, a parish in Bingham district, Notts; on the Nottingham and Grantham railway, near the boundary with Leicestershire and near the Grantham canal, 5 miles ESE of Bingham. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Nottingham. Acres, 980. Real property, £1, 171. Pop., 94. Houses, 13. The property is all in one estate. Elton House is the seat of W. F. N. Norton, Esq. The parish is a meet for the Belvoir hounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £286.* Patron, W. F. N. Norton, Esq. The church is old but good.
Elton through time
Elton is now part of Rushcliffe district. Click here for graphs and data of how Rushcliffe has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Elton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Elton, in Rushcliffe and Nottinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7378
Date accessed: 29th April 2024
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