Elton
Elton is one of the most northerly villages in the District, not many miles from Peterborough, beside the River Nene which here pursues a very winding course.
It is an ancient place with 17th Century houses on its village street, an early Danish cross in its churchyard and the church itself of the 14th Century.
On the southern side of the village are the extensive grounds of Elton Hall, a house mostly of the last two centuries although the gatehouse and undercroft survive from the original mansion erected for Sir Richard Sapcote in the 15th Century. The Hall is open from 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm at May, late Spring and August Bank Holiday week-ends; and on Wednesdays in June and Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays in July and August.
The village itself has a church and school halls for its social events, a recreation ground and a rather attractively set cricket pitch.