Elkington, Northamptonshire

Further information: List of lost settlements in Northamptonshire

Elkington is a deserted medieval village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England.

The village was described as Elkynton and other variants in 1377 having 30 taxpayers over the age of 14. However, in 1412 the village is described as destitute of inhabitants save the seven who were servitors at Pipewell Abbey due to a pestilence believed to be the plague. Today there are no houses left in the village except a single remaining farm. Outlines of the village street can be seen from a survey taken from the air. The location of the former settlement is close to bridge 28 on the Leicester section of the Grand Union Canal.^[1]

It is from this village that many of the Elkington branches of that surname are supposed to have been descended, mostly the Leicestershire and Oxfordshire/Warwickshire branches come from that region.

References

↑ Hugh McKnight (1987). The Shell Book of Inland Waterways. David & Charles. p. 300. ISBN 0-7153-8239-X.

External links

Contact details for Elkington parish meeting

Map sources for Elkington, Northamptonshire

Places in Daventry District

	Althorp Arthingworth Ashby St Ledgers Badby Barby Barby Nortoft Boughton Braunston Brixworth Brockhall Byfield Canons Ashby Chapel Brampton Charwelton Church Brampton Church Stowe Clay Coton Clipston Cold Ashby Coton Cottesbrooke Creaton Crick Daventry Dodford Draughton East Farndon East Haddon Elkington Everdon Farthingstone Fawsley Flore Great Brington Great Oxendon Guilsborough Hanging Houghton Hannington Harlestone Haselbech Hellidon Hinton Holcot Holdenby Hollowell Kelmarsh Kilsby Lamport Lilbourne Little Brington Little Everdon Long Buckby Lower Catesby Maidwell Marston Trussell Moulton Naseby Newnham Nobottle Nortoft Norton Old Overstone Pitsford Preston Capes Ravensthorpe Scaldwell Sibbertoft Snorscombe Spratton Stanford-on-Avon Staverton Sulby Teeton Thornby Upper Catesby Upper Stowe Walgrave Watford Weedon Bec Welford Welton West Farndon West Haddon Westhorp Whilton Winwick Woodford Halse Yelvertoft

Coordinates: 52°22′59″N 1°04′59″W / 52.38298°N 1.08318°W / 52.38298; -1.08318

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