Stretton

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Stretton is a hamlet in Staffordshire

Parish/Community: Lapley, Stretton and Wheaton Aston
District/Borough: South Staffordshire
County: Staffordshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°42'4"N 2°10'25"W
Eastings/Northings: 388353, 311512
OS Grid: SJ883115
Mapcode Local: GBR 180.P6X
Mapcode Global: WHBFC.LC2K

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Stretton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Stretton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Stretton, township and vil., Penkridge par., Staffordshire - township, 1585 ac., pop. 233; vil., 3 miles SW. of Penkridge; P.O.; Stretton Hall and Stretton House are seats.

Stretton in the Domesday Book

A village in Cuttlestone hundred, in the county of Staffordshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, three
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Stafford
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: 1 man-at-arms (subinfeudated); Hervey of Stretton (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 16 shillings in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 8 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: ¹⁄₂ mixed measure
- Mills: 1, value 4 shillings

British Place Names

Stretton, Staffordshire

Stretton is a hamlet in Staffordshire

Stretton in historic gazetteers

Stretton in the Domesday Book