Stretton on Dunsmore
Major Settlement in the Parish of Stretton on Dunsmore
Historical Forms
- Stratone 1086 DB c.1126 Burton
- Stratton 1159 P 1535 VE
- Stratton super Dunnesmor 1262 FF
- Stratton on Dunsmore 1535 VE
- Strattun 1200 Cur
- Stretton(a) c.1190 BM 1235 Fees 1291 Tax
- Stretton(a) super Dunnysmore 1285,1396 FF
- Dounesmor 1313–25 Ipm 1345 BM 1389 ADi 1444 ADii
Etymology
v. stræt , tun . For Dunsmore v. supra 12. “This Village takes its name from the situation upon that old Roman way called the Fosse …being by the common people called Street ” (Dugdale 28).