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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Streatham - Stretton-upon-Dunsmore Streatham (St. Leonard) STREATHAM ( … worship for Baptists and Wesleyans; and two free schools. Stretton STRETTON, a township, in the parish of Tilston, union of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Stretton Grandison 75 STRETTON GRANDISON (C.c.) (O.S. 6 in. XXXV, N.W.) Stretton Grandison is a small parish in the Lodon valley, 6 … S. side of the road, opposite (4), is of four bays. (7). Stretton Court, house, 100 yards W. of the church, is of two …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Stretton Sugwas 76 STRETTON SUGWAS (A.c.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XXXIII, N.W., (b)XXXIII, S.W.) Stretton Sugwas is a parish on the left bank of the Wye, 3 m. … and retained within rubble walls. ConditionPoor. a(4). Stretton Court, 150 yards N.W. of (2), is a mid 18th-century …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Stretton Charities for the poor Charities for the poor The poor of Stretton were presumably eligible to benefit from charities … Parker's almshouse in Burton were reserved for women from Stretton, her birthplace. 13 Distributions were also made in …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Stretton Economic history AGRICULTURE In 1086 there was land at Stretton for 2 ploughteams, but in fact 6 were being worked, … early 14th century the abbey worked some of its demesne in Stretton as a grange, and a granger for Stretton was chosen …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Stretton Education Education In 1833 there were three day … as a master, who also taught on four evenings each week. 5 Stretton was included in a school board district established … grammar school was opened in 1965 on the west side of Stretton, with access from Rolleston Road in Horninglow. It …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Stretton Established church Established church A church, paid … A separate ecclesiastical district was created for both Stretton and the Wetmore area of Horninglow township in 1873. … patron of what since 1969 has been styled the benefice of Stretton-with-Claymills. 17 In 1872 the incumbent's income …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Stretton Introduction Introduction Lying north of Burton beside the river Dove, Stretton was a small village until extensive housing … the village. Formerly a township in Burton ancient parish, Stretton was later a civil parish covering 1,247 a. (505 …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Stretton Local government Manor Stretton was a tithing in Burton manor by the late 13th … by that date to parish officers. 5 There was a pinfold for Stretton in 1574. 6 Parish Stretton had its own constable in …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Stretton Manor Manor In 942 King Edmund granted an estate at Stretton to Wulfsige the Black, possibly an ancestor of … defence', meaning land which was taxable by the Crown. 17 Stretton became a tithing in Burton manor, and after the …