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Stretton is a village and
The pub is called the Jackson Stops (the name of an estate agent). It was previously called the ''White Horse'' but was for sale for so long with the estate agents' sign outside that it is now officially called by their name.
The ''
situated
on the Great North Road next to a service station, is (just) in the parish of Greetham. It was bought by the then-owner of Stocken Hall, Major Charles Fleetwood-Hesketh (1871–1947), in the 1920s, who transformed it into a well-known roadside inn. He was also a Deputy Lieutenant of
Stretton at Rutnet with history section
Walk from Clipsham to Oakham via Stretton on YouTube
{{authority control Villages in Rutland Civil parishes in Rutland
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 authority ...
in the county
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of Rutland
Rutland () is a ceremonial county and unitary authority in the East Midlands, England. The county is bounded to the west and north by Leicestershire, to the northeast by Lincolnshire and the southeast by Northamptonshire.
Its greatest len ...
, England, just off the A1 Great North Road. The population of the civil parish was 770 at the 2001 census, including Thistleton
Thistleton is the most northerly village in the county of Rutland, and a civil parish, in the East Midlands of England. The population of the village at the 2001 census was 99. It remained less than 100 at the 2011 census and was counted toget ...
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 modernprison
A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correc ...
, HMP Stocken
HM Prison Stocken is a Category C men's prison located in the parish of Stretton, in the county of Rutland, England. Stocken is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.
History
Built in 1985 as a Young Offenders Institution, HMP Stocken open ...
. 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 apartment
An apartment (American English), or flat (British English, Indian English, South African English), is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies part of a building, generally on a single story. There are ma ...
s. Of the seventeen Strettons in England, all but two are on Roman road
Roman roads ( la, viae Romanae ; singular: ; meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, and were built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Re ...
s, and Stretton in Rutland is no exception, being situated on Ermine Street
Ermine Street is a major Roman road in England that ran from London (''Londinium'') to Lincoln (''Lindum Colonia'') and York (''Eboracum''). The Old English name was ''Earninga Strǣt'' (1012), named after a tribe called the ''Earningas'', ...
. The 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 authority ...
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
Oakham is the county town of Rutland in the East Midlands of England, east of Leicester, south-east of Nottingham and west of Peterborough. It had a population of 10,922 in the 2011 census, estimated at 11,191 in 2019. Oakham is to the west o ...
) meets the A1 at a junction, improved in 1971 when the A1 was dualled to Great Casterton
Great Casterton is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is located at the crossing of the Roman Ermine Street and the River Gwash.
Geography
The village is approximately three miles to the nor ...
.
History
The village's name means 'farm/settlement on aRoman
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
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Road'. The village is situated on Ermine Street
Ermine Street is a major Roman road in England that ran from London (''Londinium'') to Lincoln (''Lindum Colonia'') and York (''Eboracum''). The Old English name was ''Earninga Strǣt'' (1012), named after a tribe called the ''Earningas'', ...
.
The pub is called the Jackson Stops (the name of an estate agent). It was previously called the ''White Horse'' but was for sale for so long with the estate agents' sign outside that it is now officially called by their name.
The ''Ram Jam Inn
The Ram Jam Inn was a historic pub in Stretton, Rutland, England, located on the west side of the Great North Road (now the A1), about 7 miles north of Stamford. It was frequented by the highwayman Dick Turpin in the 18th century, and it i ...
'' (former Winchelsea Arms)situated
on the Great North Road next to a service station, is (just) in the parish of Greetham. It was bought by the then-owner of Stocken Hall, Major Charles Fleetwood-Hesketh (1871–1947), in the 1920s, who transformed it into a well-known roadside inn. He was also a Deputy Lieutenant of
Lancashire
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The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
, as was his son, Roger Fleetwood-Hesketh
Lieutenant-Colonel Roger Fleetwood Hesketh (28 July 1902 – 14 November 1987), born Roger Bibby-Hesketh, was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Southport from 1952 to 1959.
Early lif ...
, who became a Conservative MP. Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band
Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band are an England-based soul band.
Career
The Ram Jam Band were formed around 1964 by Pete Gage and Geoff Pullum. Before taking on Geno Washington, whom Gage knew from performing at the RAF Bentwaters US Air Fo ...
took their name from the inn in the 1960s. Also in the parish of Greetham is the former ''Greetham Inn'' (previously the ''New Inn'').
The parish church is dedicated to St Nicholas. Rev. Edward Bradley (rector of Stretton, 1871–83), who wrote as Cuthbert Bede, and who paid for its restoration, is buried in the churchyard.
References
* Extensive historical notes *External links
Stretton at Rutnet with history section
Walk from Clipsham to Oakham via Stretton on YouTube
{{authority control Villages in Rutland Civil parishes in Rutland