Stretton Magna
Major Settlement in the Parish of Stretton Magna
Historical Forms
- Stratone 1086 DB 1215 P
- Straton' 1186(p),1190 1267 Pat 1368 Wyg
- Stratona 1202 ChancR
- Strattun' 1155,1156 P
- Stratton' 1159,1160 1230,1242 1429 Fine 1435 Cl
- Strattone 1156,1159 RBE 1195 P
- Strattona 1173,1175,1178 ib
- Strettun' 1157 P
- Stretton 1183,1184 1329 Ipm 1330 Wyg
- Strettona c.1250 Rut
- Strettone 1306,1357 Wyg
- ~ Magna 1275 Coram 1305 LRoll 1579
- Magna ~ 1283 Dugd 1301,1302 Pat 1314 Cl 1344 Pat
- Much ~ 1467×72 ECP
- Great ~ 1610 Speed
Etymology
'The farmstead, village on the Roman road', v. strǣt , tūn ; with the later affix ME muche (with loss of -el from OE mycel). Note also MLat magna 'great, large'. With neighbouring Little Stretton, located on the Roman Via Devana (Gartree Road) which extends south-eastwards from Leicester. Only the church remains standing amid a large area of medieval earthworks of the former village.