Elton is a hamlet on the Wigmore to Ludlow road in the hilly woodland of the Hereford/Shropshire borders, 4 miles SW of Ludlow. The church is of local sandstone rubble, and stands near Elton Hall. It has a nave and chancel in one with a S porch and a double bellcote over the W gable. The building is 12thc in origin but was much rebuilt by William Martin in 1876. The only original Romanesque features are S nave and chancel doorways, a reset N chancel window which is completely plain and thus represented here only by a photograph, and a plain font.

Elton was held by Eadric in 1066 and by Ralph de Mortimer in 1086. It was assessed at 2 hides.

The Romanesque features contain nothing that is diagnostic of date, although the narrow proportions of the doorways, the plain imposts of the S nave doorway, and the lack of any chamfers all suggest a date in the 1st half of the 12thc.