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Little Stretton (otherwise Stretton Parva) is a small village and
The church of Little Stretton is the Chapel of Ease, St Clement, Stretton Parva (in the parish of St John the Baptist,
Village history
Census 2001 Parish Profile from Leicestershire County Council
Detailed history of Little Stretton (originally part of Kings Norton parish)
Ordnance Survey mapping of Little Stretton
Photographs of the OS grid square for Little Stretton from Geograph
Search for designated historic sites and buildings in Little Stretton
{{authority control Villages in Leicestershire Civil parishes in Harborough District
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in the Harborough
Market Harborough is a market town in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, in the far southeast of the county, forming part of the border with Northamptonshire.
Market Harborough's population was 25,143 in 2020. It is the ad ...
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).
Gartree Road
Via Devana is the name given to a Roman Road in England that ran from Colchester in the south-east, through Cambridge in the interior, and on to Chester in the north-west. These were important Roman military centres and it is conjectured that t ...
, a Roman Road, runs through the parish, adjacent to both Little and Great Stretton, and is the reason for those settlements' names (see: 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
King's Norton is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. It is situated to the east of Leicester, and about south-west from Billesdon. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 69. ...
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Rectors, Vicars and Patrons
*1220 William de Kibworth *1234 Robert de Diwurne *1238 William Ordiz *1261 Simon de Slybur *1287 Roger de Barneburg *1391 Richard Dollesdon *1534 Thomas Burg *1560 Thomas Tookie *1671 James Rosse *1714 William Wallis *1726 Francis Miles *1733 Thomas Milward *1737 John Vann *1749 William Ludlam *1783 Thomas Rogers *1788 Richard Walker *1826 Thomas Charles Ord *1844 Hugh Palliser de Costobadie *1887 Caleb Eacott *1911 Hubert Woodall Brown *1938 Walter Ricon Davis *1948 John Sydney Lewis David *1951 Frank Allen Cox *1956 Edward Hudspith *1963 Derek Henry Kingham *1973 Albert Edward Kemp *1983 Roger Wakeley *1988 Ashley Frederick Bruce Cheeseman *2010 John Morley *2012 VacantSee also
*Stretton Hall, Leicestershire
Great Glen (or Glenn) is a village and civil parish in the Harborough District, in Leicestershire, 2 miles south of Oadby. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 3,662. Leicester city centre is about seven miles north we ...
References
External links
Village history
Census 2001 Parish Profile from Leicestershire County Council
Detailed history of Little Stretton (originally part of Kings Norton parish)
Ordnance Survey mapping of Little Stretton
Photographs of the OS grid square for Little Stretton from Geograph
Search for designated historic sites and buildings in Little Stretton
{{authority control Villages in Leicestershire Civil parishes in Harborough District