In the 1920s, following the expansion of coal mining in the Kent area, large villages were built to accommodate workers at the expanding mines.

Elvington Village consisted of 230 properties and was built by the Tilmanstone Miners Dwellings Syndicate on farmland to the west of the colliery at Tilmanstone. It consisted of mainly semi-detached and terraced houses arranged on a semi-circular wheel layout reminscent of a pit head winding gear.

Several public buildings were provided fronting on to a "village" green but only the Post Office survives the remainder having been redeveloped as modern housing to supplement the original housing stock. (1)

<1> Dover District Council, 2013, Dover District Heritage Strategy, Industries - 10.34 (Bibliographic reference). SKE31372.