Elkesley is a village in
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditi ...
, England. According to the
2001 census it had a population of 805, increasing to 822 at the 2011 Census. It is located 6 miles south of
Retford.
The
parish church of St Giles was built c. 1300 in
Decorated style, and was partially reconstructed in 1845. There is also a pub in Elkesley named the ''Robin Hood '' and also a small shop and a primary school, which in January 2008, 82 pupils attended.
Toponymy
Elkesley seems to contain the
Old English
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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
A list of roads designated A1, sorted by alphabetical order of country.
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* A1 motorway (Albania), connecting Durrës and Kukës
* A001 highwa ...
.
The residents have been campaigning for a bridge for over twenty years.
The
Highways Agency (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.
In 2013, construction began on a bridge connecting Elkesley to the A1 road. It opened in mid-late 2015.
References
External links
Elkesley Village Website
Villages in Nottinghamshire
Civil parishes in Nottinghamshire
Bassetlaw District
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