The parish also includes two hamlets, Ambaston and Thulston, and a modern housing estate, Boulton Moor.
The move has proved controversial, attracting a petition of 60,000 signatures against the proposals collected by the Elvaston Castle Estate Trust, who want to keep the site in public ownership.
St Bartholomew's Church, Elvaston is a Grade I listed building that dates from the 13th century.
There is one priest and a church and a mill rendering 12 shillings and one smith and 52 acres (210,000 m2) of meadow and a little scrubland.
[5] “ The hamlet of Ambaston is located about one mile east of Elvaston close to the River Derwent.