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Dist:0.2km<br/>Approaching Elston on Carrgate Lane bridleway
©Richard Croft
Dist:0.2km<br/>The road from Elston to Shelton, looking towards Elston with the old windmill visible.
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.3km<br/>Green lane between Elston and Cross Lane
©Richard Croft
Dist:0.4km<br/>Looking south east towards Shelton with the junction for Sibthorpe.
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.5km<br/>Until about 1940 there were two windmills at Elston, the other being to the north-west of the village.
©Jonathan Thacker
Dist:0.5km<br/>This does not appear to have a known name. A five storey mill originally with 4 sprung sails and fantail cap, it was still working in the mid 1930s, but sailless by 1940 and derelict by 1950. It was converted to residential use in 1978. Listed grade II.
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.5km<br/>Entering Elston by the Mill
©Richard Croft
Dist:0.5km<br/>Village pub on Toad Lane with its own micro-brewery
©Richard Croft
Dist:0.6km<br/>The village's last pub, now closed.
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.6km<br/>The Chequers Inn and Toad Lane, a corruption of T'owd Lane (The Old Lane)
©Richard Croft
Dist:0.6km<br/>Part of the council housing development along Toad Lane. The very narrow carriageway is typical of council developments of the period when tenants were very unlikely to own a car.
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.6km<br/>With a skittle alley in the wooden building at the rear
©Richard Croft
Dist:0.6km<br/>A view of Toad Lane, Elston. Showing the popular Chequers Inn.
©Bob Danylec
Dist:0.6km<br/>Ancient byway between Elston and Cross Lane
©Richard Croft
Dist:0.6km<br/>These houses are clearly council houses and are part of what is a surprisingly large development for the size of village, comprising 22 dwellings.
©Alan Murray-Rust

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