Elmsted

Elmsted
St James has an unusual belfry on the tower
Elmsted  Elmsted shown within Kent
Population	292 (parish, 2001 Census)
OS grid reference	TR115449
District	Shepway
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Dialling code	01233
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Folkestone and Hythe
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Coordinates: 51°09′51″N 1°01′35″E / 51.1643°N 1.0265°E / 51.1643; 1.0265

Elmsted is a village and civil parish^[1] in the Shepway District of Kent, England. It is located west of Stone Street (the B2068), the Roman road which today takes traffic between Canterbury and Lympne. Within the parish are the settlements of Bodsham, North Leigh and Evington. There are six elected members of the Parish Council.

The Anglican church is dedicated to St James the Great and is Grade I listed with an unusual wooden medieval belfry on the tower.^[2] The local school is Bodsham Church of England Primary School.^[3]

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Towns and villages in the Shepway district of Kent, England
	Acrise Arpinge Beachborough Bladbean Bodsham Breach Brenzett Brookland Burmarsh Cheriton Danton Pinch Densole Dymchurch Dungeness Elham Elmsted Etchinghill Folkestone Frogholt Greatstone-on-Sea Hawkinge Hythe Ivychurch Lade Littlestone-on-Sea Lydd Lydd-on-Sea Lyminge Lympne Monks Horton Newchurch Newingreen Newington New Romney Old Romney Paddlesworth Palmarsh Pedlinge Peene Postling Rhodes Minnis Saltwood Sandgate Sandling Sellindge Selsted Snargate Stanford Stelling Minnis St Mary in the Marsh St Mary's Bay Westenhanger West Hythe Wingmore
List of places in Kent