Elkesley is a village in
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated ''Notts.'') is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. The county is bordered by South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. Th ...
, England. According to the
2001 census it had a population of 805, increasing to 822 at the
2011 Census, and 852 in
2021
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. It is located 6 miles south of
Retford
Retford (), also known as East Retford, is a market town in the Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire, England. It lies on the River Idle and the Chesterfield Canal. Retford is located east of Sheffield, west of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Linco ...
.
The
parish church of St Giles was built c. 1300 in
Decorated style, and was partially reconstructed in 1845. There previously was a pub in Elkesley named the ''Robin Hood '' this is now demolished due to being unoccupied, in its place are now residential properties. However now, the little village consists of a small shop and a primary school, which in January 2008, 82 pupils attended.
Toponymy
Elkesley seems to contain the
Old English
Old English ( or , or ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. It developed from the languages brought to Great Britain by Anglo-S ...
personal name, ''Ealac, + ''lēah'' (Old English) a forest, wood, glade, clearing; (later) a pasture, meadow., so 'Ealac's wood/clearing'.
A1 road
Elkesley is highly unusual in that it is only accessible by a dual carriageway, the
A1 road.
The residents have been campaigning for a bridge for over twenty years.
The
Highways Agency
National Highways (NH), formerly Highways England and before that the Highways Agency, is a government-owned company charged with operating, maintaining and improving motorways and major A roads in England.
It also sets highways standards u ...
(HA) has acknowledged that access to and from the village is difficult and implemented a temporary speed limit of 50 mph in the 1990s.
The HA started a consultation in 2005, with an exhibition held at Elkesley village hall in February 2008. A Public Inquiry was planned for 2010 but postponed pending the outcome of the
Spending Review
A spending review, or occasionally a comprehensive spending review, is a governmental process in the United Kingdom carried out by HM Treasury to set firm expenditure limits and, through public service agreements, define the key improvements that ...
.
In 2013, construction began on a bridge connecting Elkesley to the A1 road. It opened in mid-late 2015.
See also
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Listed buildings in Elkesley
References
External links
Elkesley Village WebsiteYouTube video - parish visit journal Villages in Nottinghamshire
Civil parishes in Nottinghamshire
Bassetlaw District
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