Stretton is a large village and

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in Staffordshire, England. It is situated on the northern outskirts of

Burton upon Trent Burton upon Trent, also known as Burton-on-Trent or simply Burton, is a market town in the borough of East Staffordshire in the county of Staffordshire, England, close to the border with Derbyshire. In 2011, it had a population of 72,299. The ...

and is effectively a suburb of that town. The name is

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and means '' Street Town'' and comes it being on the Roman road called

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. The population of the parish at the 2001 census was 8,355,Neighbourhood Statistics
Stretton CP headcount increasing to 8,611 at the 2011 Census. The River Dove which forms the border between Staffordshire and

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flows past the eastern side of the village. The Trent and Mersey Canal also passes through. Stretton was served by a railway station ( Stretton and Claymills railway station) which was opened by the

North Staffordshire Railway The North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) was a British railway company formed in 1845 to promote a number of lines in the Staffordshire Potteries and surrounding areas in Staffordshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire and Shropshire. The company was based ...

on 1 January 1901. There was also a Stretton Junction. The station and the North Staffordshire Railway line have now gone. Today the principal transport link is the A38 road which passes through. It is home to the sports and social clubs o
Stretton Eagles
and Stretton Wanderers. It also shares a nature trail with the neighbouring village of

Rolleston on Dove Rolleston on Dove, also known simply as Rolleston, is a village in Staffordshire, England near Burton upon Trent. Sir Oswald Mosley, the founder of the British Union of Fascists spent some of his earlier years at the family seat here. Rolles ...

. Schools includ
Fountains High SchoolFountains Primary School
an
William Shrewsbury Primary School
The parish church of Stretton is St Mary's, part of the

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. The Dovecliff Hall Hotel is a Grade II listed country house to the north of the village.

Notable people

* Irven Edwards (1907 in Stretton – 1973) an Anglican priest, a prebendary of Lichfield Cathedral and

Dean of Wells The Dean of Wells is the head of the Chapter of Wells Cathedral in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. The dean's residence is The Dean's Lodging, 25 The Liberty, Wells. List of deans High Medieval *1140–1164: Ivo *1164–1189: Ric ...

1963-1973

References

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mapping

External links

Stretton Community Website
Villages in Staffordshire Civil parishes in Staffordshire Borough of East Staffordshire {{Staffordshire-geo-stub

Notable people

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