Elswick, Lancashire

Elswick is a rural village and civil parish in the English county of Lancashire, situated on the coastal plain called the Fylde. At the 2001 United Kingdom census, the parish had a population of 1,057, increasing to 1,079 at the 2011 Census. At the time of the Norman conquest of England in 1066, Elswick was a small agricultural community in the hundred of Amounderness. The village was originally part of the ecclesiastical parish of St Michael's on Wyre. A Nonconformist chapel was built in Elswick before 1650.Elswick is part of the local government district of Fylde and is in the parliamentary constituency of Fylde. It lies approximately 8.5mi east of Blackpool, and about 12mi north-west of Preston.HistoryElswick was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Edeleswic. In later documents it was recorded variously as Etleswhic, Etheliswyck and Elleswyk. At the time of the Norman conquest of England in 1066, the township of Elswick—as part of the ancient hundred of Amounderness—was in the possession of Earl Tostig, the brother of King Harold II. Tostig died at the Battle of Stamford Bridge and his lands were subsequently taken over by the Normans. Between 1069 and 1086 William the Conqueror gave Amounderness to Anglo-Norman baron Roger the Poitevin. In the Domesday Book, the area of Elswick was estimated at three carucates of land.