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Stretton Magna
Stretton may refer to: People * Stretton (surname) *(Arthur) Stretton Reeve (1907-1981), English clergyman Places England Stretton means "settlement on a Roman Road" (from the Old English "stræt" and "tun"). Of the seventeen places in England, all but two are situated on a Roman road, the exceptions being Stretton Westwood and Stretton en le Field. Cheshire * Stretton, Cheshire West and Chester **Stretton Hall, Cheshire **Stretton Lower Hall **Stretton Old Hall **Stretton Watermill *Stretton, Warrington **'' Lower Stretton'' **RNAS Stretton (HMS Blackcap) Derbyshire *Stretton, Derbyshire **Stretton railway station Herefordshire *Stretton Grandison *Stretton Sugwas Leicestershire *Stretton en le Field *Little Stretton, Leicestershire **''Stretton Magna'' / '' Great Stretton'' **Stretton Hall, Leicestershire Rutland *Stretton, Rutland Shropshire * Stretton Westwood *Church Stretton **All Stretton **All Stretton Halt railway station **Church Stretton railway station **Little S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stretton (surname)
Stretton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alan Stretton (1922–2012), Australian Army officer * Alan M. Stretton (born 1930s), Australian civil engineer * Amanda Stretton (born 1973), English racing driver and motoring journalist * Andrea Stretton (1952–2007), Australian arts journalist and television presenter * Antony Stretton, English neuroscientist active in the United States * Clement E. Stretton (1850–1915), English engineer, author, railway collector, and supporter of Operative Masonry *Gordon Stretton (1887–1982), English-born Welsh-African-descended drummer active in the United Kingdom, France, and Argentina *Hesba Stretton, the pen name of Sarah Smith (1832–1911), English writer of children's books *Hugh Stretton (born 1924), Australian historian and professor *Pamela Stretton (born 1980), South African artist *Philip Eustace Stretton (1865–1919), British painter *Robert de Stretton (fl. mid-1300s), English clergyman *Ronald Stretton (1930 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Stretton, Leicestershire
Little Stretton (otherwise Stretton Parva) is a small village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Harborough District, Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. The population is included in the civil parish of Burton Overy. Within the parish, to the west of Little Stretton village, lies a deserted medieval village called Stretton Magna (or Great Stretton). Via Devana, Gartree Road, a Roman Road, runs through the parish, adjacent to both Little and Great Stretton, and is the reason for those settlements' names (see: Stretton (other), Stretton). In 1919, the village gained a certain notoriety as the location of the Green Bicycle Case, the killing of Bella Wright. Parish Church The church of Little Stretton is the Chapel of Ease, St Clement, Stretton Parva (in the parish of St John the Baptist, King's Norton, Leicestershire) Rectors, Vicars and Patrons *1220 William de Kibworth *1234 Robert de Diwurne *1238 William Ordiz *1261 Simon de Slybur *128 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stretton Heath
Stoney Stretton is a hamlet in Shropshire, England, west of Shrewsbury. It is situated just off the B4386 road (a Roman Road, hence the settlement's name " Stretton") between the villages of Yockleton and Westbury. It lies in the civil parish of Westbury. To the northwest, by the Shrewsbury to Welshpool railway, is the dispersed hamlet of Stretton Heath.Ordnance Survey mapping Notable people See also *Listed buildings in Westbury, Shropshire Westbury is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains 55 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, five are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at ... References Villages in Shropshire Shrewsbury and Atcham {{Shropshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stoney Stretton
Stoney Stretton is a hamlet in Shropshire, England, west of Shrewsbury. It is situated just off the B4386 road (a Roman Road, hence the settlement's name " Stretton") between the villages of Yockleton and Westbury. It lies in the civil parish of Westbury. To the northwest, by the Shrewsbury to Welshpool railway, is the dispersed hamlet of Stretton Heath.Ordnance Survey mapping Notable people See also *Listed buildings in Westbury, Shropshire Westbury is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains 55 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, five are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at ... References Villages in Shropshire Shrewsbury and Atcham {{Shropshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Stretton Halt Railway Station
Little Stretton Halt was a minor railway station on the Welsh Marches Line between Craven Arms and Church Stretton in Shropshire, England. History Opened by the independent Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway in 1852–53, the line through Little Stretton became the joint property of the Great Western Railway and the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) in 1870; the LNWR interest passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. ''Little Stretton Halt'' was opened on that line on 18 April 1935; it closed temporarily between 4 January 1943 and 6 May 1946. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station was closed by the British Transport Commission on 9 June 1958. The site today Trains continue to run on the Welsh Marches Line. Nothing remains of the halt. The nearest station to Little Stretton is now at Church Stretton, a mile to the north. See also *All Stretton Halt railw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Stretton, Shropshire
Little Stretton is a village in Shropshire, England. It is located in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty between the Long Mynd and Ragleth Hill. Lying on the B5477 south of the market town of Church Stretton (and is part of the civil parish of that town); similarly, the small village of All Stretton lies to the north of Church Stretton on the same road. A milestone in the centre of the village on the B5477, which is called Ludlow Road at this point, indicates that Ludlow is away, to the south. The centre of Church Stretton is away via the B5477. The River Ashes Hollow runs through the village and it is a popular place to begin walks up the Long Mynd. The village lies between 590 and 616 feet above sea level. Ragleth Hill lies immediately to the east of the village, on the other side of the Welsh Marches Line and A49. Little Stretton once had its own railway halt: Little Stretton Halt railway station. To the southwest are the hamlets of Minton and H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Stretton Railway Station
Church Stretton railway station is a railway station serving the town of Church Stretton in Shropshire, England on the Welsh Marches Line, south of Shrewsbury railway station; trains on the Heart of Wales Line also serve the station. All trains services are operated by Transport for Wales, who also manage the station. The station is the highest point of the line between Shrewsbury and Craven Arms, and is the highest station in Shropshire. On the northbound platform, a small plinth notes the station's altitude: above sea level. History The station opened on 20 April 1852 as part of the newly created Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway. It was originally to the north of what is now Sandford Avenue and the old station building still remains, but is no longer in railway use. Sandford Avenue had been for centuries called Lake Lane and became Station Road with the arrival of the railway in the town, before becoming Sandford Avenue in 1884.Crowe and Raynor (2011) ''Church Stretton thro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Stretton Halt Railway Station
All Stretton Halt was a minor railway station on the Welsh Marches Line between Shrewsbury and Church Stretton in the English county of Shropshire. History Opened by the independent Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, the line through All Stretton became a joint Great Western Railway and London, Midland and Scottish Railway line during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station was then closed by the British Transport Commission The British Transport Commission (BTC) was created by Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government as a part of its nationalisation programme, to oversee railways, canals and road freight transport in Great Britain (Northern Ireland had the se .... The site today Trains continue to run on the Welsh Marches Line. Nothing remains of the halt. The nearest station to All Stretton is now at Church Stretton, a mile to the south. See also * Little Stretton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Stretton
All Stretton is a village and a now separate civil parish in Shropshire, England. Much of it is covered by a Conservation Area. Geography All Stretton lies about a mile to the north of the market town of Church Stretton, on the old Shrewsbury Road (the B5477) – the county town is 12 miles to the north. Similarly, the small village of Little Stretton lies to the south of Church Stretton on the same road. The village lies between 580 and 600 feet above sea level at the northern end of the Stretton Gap. The beginning of the Cound Brook, a minor river that runs 25 miles across the southern Shropshire-Severn plains, is found in the village, where the stream from the Batch valley joins the Ashbrook. To the west of All Stretton is the Long Mynd, and to the east is Caer Caradoc. The village does not lie in the parish of All Stretton, which is to its north, but in the civil parish of Church Stretton, which has a town council, of which All Stretton forms a parish ward. The southern p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Stretton
Church Stretton is a market town in Shropshire, England, south of Shrewsbury and north of Ludlow. The population in 2011 was 4,671.National Statistics Church Stretton 2011 population area and density The town was nicknamed Little Switzerland in the late Victorian and period for its landscape, and became a health resort. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stretton Westwood
Stretton Westwood is a hamlet in Shropshire, England. It is located in the parish of Much Wenlock and is two miles southwest of the town, on the B4371 road to Church Stretton; its name derives from it being on the road to Stretton. It lies near to Wenlock Edge and there are a number of quarries in the vicinity, some of which are operational whilst the rest are now disused. Westwood is the general name for the area; close by to Stretton Westwood, but on the road to Bourton rather than to Church Stretton, is the smaller hamlet of Bourton Westwood, also in Much Wenlock parish. There was once a Westwood Halt railway station Westwood Halt railway station was a station in Stretton Westwood, Shropshire, England. The station was opened on 7 December 1935 and closed to passengers in 1951. References Further reading * Disused railway stations in Shropshi ..., on the now closed railway line. Villages in Shropshire Much Wenlock {{Shropshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stretton, Rutland
Stretton is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland, England, just off the A1 Great North Road. The population of the civil parish was 770 at the 2001 census, including Thistleton and increasing to 1,260 at the 2011 census. The ecclesiastical parish of Stretton shares the same boundaries and is part of the Rutland deanery of the diocese of Peterborough. Geography The principal landmark is a large modern prison, HMP Stocken. Stocken Hall itself, dating principally from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, was used as the prison farm from the 1950s until the 1980s and is now converted into apartments. Of the seventeen Strettons in England, all but two are on Roman roads, and Stretton in Rutland is no exception, being situated on Ermine Street. The civil parish extends along the east side of the A1 up to the edge of Morkery Wood. It also extends at this point to the west side of the A1, as far south as Hooby Lane, and includes Hooby Lodge. The B668 (for Oakham) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
