Elmesthorpe (sometimes spelt Elmersthorpe, Elmsthorpe[1] or Aylmersthorpe[2]) is a village and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England.

The Black Death and a failing economy caused the village to depopulate and for a time disappear.

[2] In 1485, it is thought King Richard III and his troops stayed in the partially ruined church for shelter on their march from Leicester to the Battle of Bosworth; with the king and his officers sheltering within the church, and the soldiers camping outside.

[2] The "new village" grew up around this station; starting with workers' cottages and an inn built by The Earl of Lovelace, with designs by architect C.F.A.

The government initiated a scheme which brought families from depressed areas to make a living from the land.

In 1935 Church Farm was purchased by the Land Settlement Association, who built 43 smallholdings in the village.