The total recorded population in 2011 was 4,557. At the time of the 2011 census the village was part of a ward of the same name, which stretched as far west as Little Stanney.
Elton is within the electoral ward of Gowy Rural.
The unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester replaced Chester City Council and Cheshire County Council on 1 April 2009. The village was briefly in the media spotlight in 1997 when one of its residents, Louise Woodward, went on trial for murder in the USA. Įlton was a township within the Thornton parish of the Eddisbury Hundred. The name of the village was recorded in the Domesday Book as Eltone, derived from the words ēl and tūn, meaning "eel farm or settlement.
The village is on the north-western edge of the Cheshire Plain, 2.5 km (1.6 mi) from Stanlow Refinery.Īt the 2011 census, the village had a population of 3,586. Its proximity to the Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal have contributed to its industrial character. List of places UK England Cheshire 53☁6′36″N 2☄9′01″W / 53.276559°N 2.816821°W / 53.276559 -2.816821Įlton is a village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England, 13 km (8.1 mi) northeast of Chester, between Helsby and Ellesmere Port, near the River Mersey.
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