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Stretton Hall

Other OS name in the Parish of Stretton Magna

Historical Forms

  • Stretton Hall 1806 Map 1835 O 1862 Surv 1925 Kelly
  • Stretton Magna Hall 1846,1863 White

Etymology

( now The Glenfrith Hospital ) , Stretton Hall 1806 Map, 1835 O, 1862Surv , 1925Kelly, Stretton Magna Hall 1846, 1863 White , v. hall ; cf. attehall ( p ) , at þe hall ( p ) 1467 × 84 ( v. atte , þe ) , relating to a former manor house of which the substantial moat remains .