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 under Fosse

Major Settlement in the Parish of Stretton under Fosse

Historical Forms

  • Stretton juxta Kirkeby monach. 1303 FF
  • Stretton in parochia Munkeskyrkebi 1409 BM
  • Stretton subtus Fosse 1656 Dugdale

Etymology

'Street farm,' v. stræt , tun . “This hath its name from the Street (sc. Fosse Way) below which it lyes” (Dugdale 54).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site