Stoney Stretton is a
hamlet
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in
Shropshire
Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to th ...
, England, west of
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury ( , also ) is a market town, civil parish, and the county town of Shropshire, England, on the River Severn, north-west of London; at the 2021 census, it had a population of 76,782. The town's name can be pronounced as either 'Sh ...
. It is situated just off the B4386 road (a
Roman Road
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, hence the settlement's name "
Stretton") between the villages of
Yockleton
Yockleton is a village in Shropshire, England.
Yockleton is west of the county town of Shrewsbury, on the B4386 road to Montgomery and near the River Severn. The population as taken at the 2011 census can be found under Westbury.
Yockleton ...
and
Westbury. It lies in the
civil parish
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of Westbury. To the northwest, by the
Shrewsbury to Welshpool railway, is the dispersed hamlet of Stretton Heath.
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Notable people
See also
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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
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