Elmesthorpe

This article is about the British locality. For the Canadian locality, see Rural Municipality of Elmsthorpe No. 100.

Elmesthorpe
The partially ruined St Mary's Church, Elmesthorpe
Elmesthorpe is located in Leicestershire
Elmesthorpe
Elmesthorpe
Location within Leicestershire
Population509 (2011)
OS grid referenceSP4696
Civil parish
  • Elmesthorpe
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLeicester
Postcode districtLE9
PoliceLeicestershire
FireLeicestershire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Leicestershire
52°33′50″N 1°19′16″W / 52.564°N 1.321°W / 52.564; -1.321

Elmesthorpe (sometimes spelt Elmersthorpe, Elmsthorpe[1] or Aylmersthorpe[2]) is a village and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England. It is situated to the south-east of Earl Shilton, near to Hinckley on the A47 road. In 2004, the parish had an estimated population of 520,[3] reducing to 509 at the 2011 census.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gen was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Written by members of the Leicestershire & Rutland Federation of Women's Institutes. The Leicestershire & Rutland Village Book. Countryside Books. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Leicestershire Small Area Population and Household Estimates 2001–2004" (PDF). Leicestershire County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
  4. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.