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Elkstone, Lower and Upper, a chapelry, in the parish of Alstonfield, union of Leek, N. division of the hundred of Totmonslow and of the county of Stafford, 5 ½ miles (E. N. E.) from Leek; containing 253 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £74; patron, Vicar of Alstonfield; impropriator, Sir George Crewe, Bart. The chapel is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. A school is supported by endowment.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.