ELMSTED, a parish in the hundred of STOUTING, lathe of SHEPWAY, county of KENT, 8 miles (E. byN.) from Ashford, containing 454 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury, rated in the king's books at £6. 13. 4., and in the patronage of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is dedicated to St. James. There is a fair on the 25th of July.