English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Stretton Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stretton

Historical Forms

  • alia Stratune 1086 DB
  • Little Strattone (sic) 1227,1245 FF
  • parua Strettona c.1260 Taylor
  • Little Stretton (sic) 1373 Cl 1476 DbCh

Etymology

Stretton Hall, alia Stratune 1086 DB, Little Strattone (sic)1227, 1245 FF, parua Strettona c. 1260Taylor , Little Stretton (sic)1373 Cl, 1476 DbCh. v. lȳtel and cf. Stretton supra 307.