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Elton on the Hill is a small Nottinghamshire village and civil parish in the Vale of Belvoir. ==Situation and facilities== Elton lies about east of Nottingham, England, in the NG13 postcode district. The village straddles the A52 trunk road, from which Station Road runs north towards Orston and Sutton Lane runs south, Sutton-cum-Granby being the nearest hamlet in that direction. Elton has a population of about 75〔The 2011 census returns gave a combined population of 485 for the parishes of Granby and Elton.〕 and is in the Rushcliffe district. The parish has an area of .〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Parish Councils: names and addresses )〕 It lies at an altitude of 22–37 metres above sea level. The village contains a pub/restaurant (the ''Manor Arms'' and ''Little India'').〔(Retrieved 28 September 2010. )〕 There is bed-and-breakfast accommodation at The Grange, an early 19th-century farmhouse with parts dating back to 1725.〔Photograph: (Retrieved 28 September 2010. )〕 It is owned and run by the ex-Scotland FA footballer Don Masson and his wife.〔(Retrieved 28 December 2010. )〕 Elton Camp, near the station, has been used by the Girl Guides for 80 years.〔Notts Guides: (Retrieved 28 September 2010. )〕 There is commercially owned coarse fishing on a site off Redmile Lane, which also has a five-berth caravan site.〔Fishery: (Retrieved 28 September 2010. )〕 The fish ponds are fed by Moor Dyke, the only watercourse to flow through Elton. The Vale of Belvoir Inn and Hotel (originally a private house called Whatton Vale, later a guest house called The Haven) is a hotel on the border between Elton and Whatton in the Vale, at the junction of the A52 with Redmile Lane.〔A picture of the hotel: (Retrieved 26 November 2010. )〕 The nearest station to the village is Elton and Orston, but this offers a negligible service of one train in each direction Monday to Friday. The station building (1855, architect Thomas Chambers Hine) was demolished in the 1970s.〔Picture of the station buildings in 1967: () The signal box in 1963: () Retrieved 19 February 2011.〕 There are regular train services to Nottingham, Grantham and Skegness from Aslockton (4 km). Elton has a bus service that runs between and beyond Bingham and Bottesford. There has never been a school in Elton, although a handful of pupils were taught privately at a house near the station in the 1960s. Children usually attend the primary school in Orston and secondary schools in Bingham, Bottesford or Nottingham. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elton on the Hill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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