ELTON, a parish in the south-western division of STOCKTON ward, county palatine of DURHAM, 34 miles (W.S.W.) from Stockton upon Tees, containing 105 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Durham, rated in the king's books at £7. 1. 5., and in the patronage of R. E. D. Shafto, and - Hogg, Esqrs., the former having two, and the latter one turn in the presentation.