Stretton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Stretton
Historical Forms
- Stratune 1086 DB
- Straton(e) 1086 DB 1208 P 1224 Cur
- Stratton' 1107 Reg c1200 Templar 1208 P 1221 RHug 1503 Cl
- Est Stratton' 1306 ib
- Stretton(e) 1176,1177 P 1254 Val 1280 Pat 1610 Speed
- Stretton(e) bithe Strete 1315 Pat
- Stretton(e) in the Strete 1400 Cl 1402 Pat
- Stretton(e) in le Strete 1543 LP
Etymology
'The farm beside the Roman road', v. strǣt , tūn . Stretton is on Ermine Street. The affix ēast 'east' distinguished this Stretton from Great Stretton and Little Stretton Lei to the west. The affixes - bithe Strete , - in the Strete were added when the significance of the village name had been forgotten.