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Gretton may refer to: Places * Gretton, Gloucestershire, England * Gretton, Northamptonshire, England **formerly main settlement of Gretton Rural District and location of Gretton railway station * Gretton, Shropshire, England Other uses * Gretton (surname) *Baron Gretton Baron Gretton, of Stapleford in the County of Leicester,London Gazette no. 36352. p. 541 is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1944 for the brewer and Conservative politician John Gretton. He was head of the brewery f ...

Gretton, Gloucestershire
Gretton is a small village located at the foot of the western scarp of the Cotswolds, about 9 miles north of Cheltenham in the English county of Gloucestershire. The population taken in mid 2016 was 475. The place-name 'Gretton' is first attested in 1175, and means 'village or town on gravelly soil'.Eilert Ekwall, ''Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names'', p.205. The village has a small primary school for children aged 4 to 11 years old, with four mixed aged classes catering for 94 attendees. The Anglican Church in the village is ''Christ Church''. Its bell tower houses a single bell, weighing four hundredweight (about 200 kg). The War Memorial stands opposite Village Hall. The village shares the name with the village of Gretton in the county of Northants in the East Midlands. Similarly there is another Gretton in Shropshire. Governance Gretton civil parish was created in 1994 from part of Winchcombe parish. The parish falls under the Tewkesbury Borough Co ...
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Gretton, Northamptonshire
Gretton is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire. It is in Rockingham Forest and overlooks the valley of the River Welland and the neighbouring county of Rutland. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,240 people, increasing to 1,285 at the 2011 census. The villages name means 'Gravel farm/settlement' or perhaps, 'great farm/settlement'. It is near the town of Corby and the Rockingham Motor Speedway. The village is noted for having the tallest church tower in Northamptonshire, and the second-oldest running pub in Northamptonshire, the Hatton Arms. The Hatton Arms was recently renovated. The pub was originally part of Carlton Manor gatehouse in the 12th century. According to legend it became a pub in 1672 when the licence was granted to a negro servant who saved the life of Sir Christopher Hatton, Elizabeth I's chancellor, who lived in nearby Kirby Hall. Gretton is one of the few villages to retain its stocks and whipping post, which ...
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Gretton Rural District
Gretton was a rural district in Northamptonshire, England from 1894 to 1935. It was formed from the Northamptonshire part of the Uppingham rural sanitary district (the Rutland parts of which formed Uppingham Rural District and the Leicestershire parts of which formed Hallaton Rural District). It consisted of the following parishes * Fineshade * Gretton *Harringworth * Laxton * Rockingham *Wakerley It was abolished under a County Review Order and split, with Gretton and Rockingham going to Kettering Rural District and the other four parishes going to the new Oundle and Thrapston Rural District Oundle and Thrapston was a rural district in Northamptonshire, England from 1935 to 1974. It was formed in 1935 under the County Review Order as a merger of the Easton on the Hill Rural District, the Gretton Rural District, and the parts of the .... References *http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10027196 {{coord, 52.55, -0.65, dim:15000_region:GB, display=ti ...
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Gretton Railway Station
Gretton railway station was a railway station near Gretton, Northamptonshire. It was on the Nottingham direct line of the Midland Railway of the Midland Railway The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had its headquarters. It ama .... The steps up to the former platforms can still be seen, but the station building itself is in private ownership. As of 2014 the station buildings still remain, though in private ownership. The station itself is an interesting two storey building situated on a viaduct on the edge of the village - easily visible on the road from Rockingham (which itself has a disused station). References Disused railway stations in Northamptonshire Beeching closures in England Former Midland Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1880 Railway stations ...
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Gretton, Shropshire
Gretton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Cardington, in the Shropshire district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire. It lies immediately to the east of Cardington village. In 1870-72 the township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ... had a population of 73. See also * Listed buildings in Cardington, Shropshire References External links * Hamlets in Shropshire Shrewsbury and Atcham Cardington, Shropshire {{Shropshire-geo-stub ...
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Gretton (surname)
Gretton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *George Gretton (born 1950), Scottish lawyer and academic *Jennifer Gretton, Baroness Gretton Jennifer Ann Gretton, Baroness Gretton, (born 14 June 1943) is a former Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire, serving for over 15 years between 2003 and 2018. Life She was born in St Ives, Cornwall, and married John Gretton, 3rd Baron Gretton. ... (born 1943), English baroness * Peter Gretton (1912–1992), Admiral in the Royal Navy * Rob Gretton (1953–1999), Musicians' manager * William Gretton (1736–1813), a master of Magdalene College, Cambridge {{surname, Gretton ...
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