Stretton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Penkridge (det)
Historical Forms
- Estretone 1086 DB
- Strettona 1158–65 StCart
- Stretunia 1161–5 ib
- Strettun 1197 13th StThomas
- Stretton 1166 RBE 1242 Fees 1261 PenkridgeInq 1280,1293 Ass 1285,1316,1428 FA 1288 Misc c.1291 Tax 1296 Banco 1318 1321 Ipm 1372 1327,1332 SR 1343 FF 1350 Blymhill 1359 GDR 1379 Pat 1568 1535 VE 1596 PenkridgeParReg 1657 Comm 1666 SHT
- Strattona 1175 StCart
- Strattona 1204(p),1214 P
- Stratton 1192 P 1273 Banco 1311 1375 et freq
- Stretton juxta Lappeley 1330 Ass
- Stretton juxta Horsebrok 1300 Blymhill 1380 WestonunderLizard
- Stretton juxta Brewode 1285 Banco 1333to1347 Ass
Etymology
'The farmstead on the Roman road (Watling Street)', v. strǣt , tūn . For Roman remains in the neighbourhood, v. VCH iv, 164 with refs.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Derby Rd
- Rowleyhill Fm
- Wood Fm
- Bell Fd
- Dove Cliff
- Dove Cliff Rd
- Hall Green
- Hillfield Lane
- The Hollies
- Home Fm
- Ivy Ho
- Lapley Wood
- The Leasows
- Leasows Cottages
- Manor Fm
- Meadow Lane
- Road Fm
- Wetmoor Hall Fm
- Woodside Fm
- Aqueduct Inn
- Bath Pool
- Beech Lane
- Rowley Hill
- Rowleyhill Lane
- Rowleyhill Plantation
- Sling Lane
- Stretton Bridge
- Stretton Fm
- Stretton Hall
- Stretton Mill Fm
- Stretton Park
- Stretton Wood
- Vaughan's Plantation
- Clay Mill(s)
- Rowleyhill Cottages
- White Ho Fm