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Stretton en le Field

Major Settlement in the Parish of Stretton en le Field

Historical Forms

  • Streitun 1086 DB
  • Stretone 1086 DB
  • Strecton c.1125 LeiSur
  • Stretton(e) 1243 Fees Hy3 BM 1284–6,1302 FA 1325 BM
  • Stretton(e) in le Feld 1428 FA
  • Stratton 1454,1459 Cl 1577 Saxton

Etymology

'Farm near a Roman road', v. strǣt , tūn .

Places in the same Parish

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