ELKSTONE, a chapelry comprising the townships
of Lo.wer Elkstone and Upper Elkstone, in the parish of
ALLSTONEFIELD, northern division of the hundred of
TOTMONSLOW, county of STAFFORD, 5 miles (E. N.E.)
from Leek, and containing 259 inhabitants, of which
number, JOS are in Lower Elkstone, and 151 in Upper
Elkstone. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the
archdeaconry of Stafford, and diocese of Lichfield and
Coventry, endowed with £ 1400 royal bounty, and in the
patronage of certain Trustees. The chapel is dedicated
to St. John the Baptist.