Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STRETTON

STRETTON, a parish in Oakham district, Rutland; 4¾ miles W by S of Little Bytham r. station, and 8 NNW of Stamford. It has a post-office under Oakham. Acres, 1,934. Real property, £2,760. Pop., 189. Houses, 41. The manor belongs to Lord Aveland. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £300.* Patron, Lord Aveland. The church is old.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Stretton CP/AP       Oakham RegD/PLU       Rutland AncC
Place: Stretton

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