▁of ▁Wil ford . ▁William ▁had ▁two ▁sons , ▁and ▁El ston ▁was ▁left ▁to ▁Robert , ▁the ▁younger , ▁in ▁whom ▁the ▁taste ▁for ▁scientific ▁research ▁began ▁to ▁develop ." ▁ ▁El ston ▁" current ly ▁has ▁about ▁ 6 5 0 ▁residents ▁in ▁ 2 8 0 ▁households . ▁A ▁number ▁of ▁new ▁homes ▁have ▁been ▁built ▁within ▁the ▁last ▁twenty ▁years ▁on ▁once ▁open ▁spaces ▁and ▁there ▁continues ▁to ▁be ▁inf ill ▁development ▁on ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁large ▁gard ens ." ▁ ▁History ▁El ston ▁itself ▁was ▁" f ounded ▁by ▁the ▁Ang les ▁in ▁the ▁ 5 th ▁Century , ▁and ▁the ▁square ▁shape ▁of ▁the ▁Village ▁is ▁typically ▁Ang lo ▁Sax on . ▁The ▁name ▁is ▁derived ▁from ▁a ▁leader ▁named ▁El va , ▁and ▁is ▁c ited ▁in ▁the ▁Dom es day ▁book ▁as ▁El v ast un . ▁Historic ▁old ▁buildings ▁in ▁and ▁adjacent ▁to ▁the ▁Par ish ▁include ▁El ston ▁Hall , ▁All ▁Sain ts ▁Church , ▁the ▁Old ▁Chap el ▁of ▁E ase ▁on ▁the ▁site ▁of ▁a ▁media eval ▁le per ▁hospital , ▁the ▁Method ist ▁Chap el , ▁and ▁El ston ▁Tow ers , ▁the ▁Victor ian ▁m ansion ▁of ▁pre acher ▁Robert ▁Middle ton , ▁now ▁ref urb ished ▁as ▁a ▁day ▁sp a ▁and ▁renamed ▁E den ▁Hall ." ▁ ▁El ston ▁Hall ▁El ston ▁Hall ▁was ▁" the ▁home ▁of ▁the ▁Dar win ▁family ▁from ▁ 1 6 8 0 ▁until ▁just ▁after ▁the ▁Second ▁World ▁War , ▁when