Stretton may refer to:

People

Stretton (surname) Stretton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alan Stretton (1922–2012), Australian Army officer * Alan M. Stretton (born 1930s), Australian civil engineer *Amanda Stretton (born 1973), English racing driver and motoring journ ...

*(Arthur)

Stretton Reeve (Arthur) Stretton Reeve (11 June 1907 – 27 January 1981) was Bishop of Lichfield from 1953 until 1 December 1974. Early life and education Born into an ecclesiastical family, son of The Reverend Arthur Reeve and his wife Violet Inez Reeve was e ...

(1907-1981), English clergyman

Places

England

Stretton means "settlement on a Roman Road" (from the Old English "stræt" and "tun"). Of the seventeen places in England, all but two are situated on a

Roman road Roman roads ( la, viae Romanae ; singular: ; meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, and were built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman R ...

, the exceptions being Stretton Westwood and Stretton en le Field.

Cheshire

Stretton, Cheshire West and Chester Stretton is a hamlet (place), hamlet and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The small, rural parish also includes the hamlet of Wetreins ...

Stretton Hall, Cheshire Stretton Hall is a country house in the parish of Stretton in Cheshire, England. It was built in about 1763 for John Leche. The house is constructed in brick on a sandstone basement, with painted stone dressings, and a slate roof. It has three ...

Stretton Lower Hall Stretton Lower Hall is in the parish of Stretton in Cheshire, England. It was built in 1660, on a site that was originally moated. The house is constructed in brick with a slate roof and a sandstone cellar. It has three storeys plus a cellar, ...

Stretton Old Hall Stretton Old Hall is in the parish of Stretton in Cheshire, England. It was built in the 17th century, and extended in the 19th century. It is constructed in brick with a slate roof. The entrance front includes a two-storey porch with a shaped ga ...

** Stretton Watermill *

Stretton, Warrington Stretton is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Warrington, Cheshire, England. The parish includes the village of Lower Stretton. It is at the very southern tip of Warrington, about south of the town centre. It has a large hotel (Park Ro ...

**'' Lower Stretton'' **

RNAS Stretton (HMS Blackcap) Royal Naval Air Station Stretton (HMS ''Blackcap''), was an airfield in the village of Appleton Thorn, though named for the neighbouring village of Stretton, south of Warrington, in Cheshire, England. Although the main runway remains, the no ...

Derbyshire

Stretton, Derbyshire Stretton is a small village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish as at the 2011 Census was 525. It is located near the towns of Clay Cross and three and a half miles from Alfreton on the A61. The nearest ...

Stretton railway station Stretton railway station was a railway station at Stretton, Derbyshire, England built by the North Midland Railway. History Stretton station was first opened in 1841 as Smithy Moor, a year after the line opened, but renamed later in 1841. It ...

Herefordshire

Stretton Grandison Stretton Grandison is a hamlet and small civil parish in Herefordshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 175. It is on the A417 road (a Roman Road, hence the settlement's name " Stretton") to the north-east o ...

Stretton Sugwas Stretton Sugwas ( ) is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, about northwest of Hereford. The parish also includes the hamlet of Swainshill. The population of this Civil Parish at the 2011 census was 505. In 1087 the village wa ...

Leicestershire

Stretton en le Field Stretton en le Field is a small village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England, about 7 miles/11 km south-west of Ashby de la Zouch, historically an enclave and excla ...

Little Stretton, Leicestershire Little Stretton (otherwise Stretton Parva) is a small village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. The population is included in the civil parish of Burton Overy. Within the parish, to the west of Little Str ...

**'' Stretton Magna'' / '' Great Stretton'' **

Stretton Hall, Leicestershire Great Glen (or Glenn) is a village and civil parish in the Harborough District, in Leicestershire, 2 miles south of Oadby. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 3,662. Leicester city centre is about seven miles north we ...

Rutland

Stretton, Rutland Stretton is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland, England, just off the A1 Great North Road. The population of the civil parish was 770 at the 2001 census, including Thistleton and increasing to 1,260 at the 2011 census. The ec ...

Shropshire

Stretton Westwood Stretton Westwood is a hamlet in Shropshire, England. It is located in the parish of Much Wenlock and is two miles southwest of the town, on the B4371 road to Church Stretton; its name derives from it being on the road to Stretton. It lies near ...

Church Stretton Church Stretton is a market town in Shropshire, England, south of Shrewsbury and north of Ludlow. The population in 2011 was 4,671.

All Stretton All Stretton is a village and a now separate civil parish in Shropshire, England. Much of it is covered by a Conservation Area. Geography All Stretton lies about a mile to the north of the market town of Church Stretton, on the old Shrewsbury ...

All Stretton Halt railway station All Stretton Halt was a minor railway station on the Welsh Marches Line between Shrewsbury and Church Stretton in the English county of Shropshire. History Opened by the independent Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, the line through All Str ...

Church Stretton railway station Church Stretton railway station is a railway station serving the town of Church Stretton in Shropshire, England on the Welsh Marches Line, south of Shrewsbury railway station; trains on the Heart of Wales Line also serve the station. All train ...

Little Stretton, Shropshire Little Stretton is a village in Shropshire, England. It is located in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty between the Long Mynd and Ragleth Hill. Lying on the B5477 south of the market town of Church Stretton (and is part ...

Little Stretton Halt railway station Little Stretton Halt was a minor railway station on the Welsh Marches Line between Craven Arms and Church Stretton in Shropshire, England. History Opened by the independent Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway in 1852–53, the line through Li ...

Stoney Stretton Stoney Stretton is a hamlet in Shropshire, England, west of Shrewsbury. It is situated just off the B4386 road (a Roman Road, hence the settlement's name " Stretton") between the villages of Yockleton and Westbury. It lies in the civil parish o ...

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Stretton Heath Stoney Stretton is a hamlet in Shropshire, England, west of Shrewsbury. It is situated just off the B4386 road (a Roman Road, hence the settlement's name " Stretton") between the villages of Yockleton and Westbury. It lies in the civil parish o ...

Staffordshire

* Stretton, East Staffordshire **

Stretton and Claymills railway station Stretton and Claymills railway station is a disused railway station in Stretton, near Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. History The station was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1901. The line itself dated back to 1848, and fro ...

** Stretton Junction *

Stretton, South Staffordshire Stretton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lapley, Stretton and Wheaton Aston, in the South Staffordshire district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is just north of the A5 road. In 1961 the parish had a popula ...

Lapley, Stretton and Wheaton Aston Lapley, Stretton and Wheaton Aston is a civil parish in the South Staffordshire district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 2,548. It contains, and is named for, the three village ...

Stretton Aqueduct Stretton Aqueduct is a short cast iron canal aqueduct between Stretton and Brewood, and near to Belvide Reservoir, in south Staffordshire, England. Designed by Thomas Telford Thomas Telford FRS, FRSE, (9 August 1757 – 2 September 1834) ...

Stretton Hall, Staffordshire Stretton Hall is an early 18th-century mansion house at Stretton, South Staffordshire. It is the home of a branch of the Monckton family descended from John Monckton 1st Viscount Galway. It is a privately owned Grade II* listed building, not open ...

Warwickshire

Stretton Baskerville Stretton Baskerville is a deserted medieval village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire. It shares a parish council with the nearby parish of Burton Hastings. Stretton means "settlement on a Roman Road" (from the Old English ...

Stretton-on-Dunsmore Stretton-on-Dunsmore is a village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire. Its population in the 2001 Census was recorded as 1,143, rising slightly to 1,159 at the 2011 Census. In the 19th century the population was 634. The vill ...

Stretton-on-Fosse Stretton-on-Fosse is a village in the Stratford District in Warwickshire, England. It is situated between the towns of Moreton-in-Marsh and Shipston-on-Stour. The village is situated along the ancient Fosse Way road which runs from Exeter in ...

Stretton-on-Fosse railway station Stretton-on-Fosse railway station was a railway station which served the village of Stretton-on-Fosse, Warwickshire, England. It was located north-east of the village near the Fosse Way road. History In 1836 a tram with horse-drawn cars began ...

Stretton-under-Fosse Stretton-under-Fosse is a village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire. In 2001 its population was recorded as 185, increasing to 234 at the 2011 Census. The village contains a number of old cottages along its main street. J ...

Australia

Queensland

The place in Australia is named after George Stretton, a 19th-century Englishman. *

Stretton, Queensland Stretton is a southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Stretton had a population of 4,334. Geography Stretton is from the Brisbane Central Business District, and borders the suburbs of Calamvale, Sunnybank ...

Electoral district of Stretton Stretton is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. The district is based in the southern suburbs of Brisbane. It is named for the suburb of Stretton and also includes the suburbs of Calamva ...

Other uses

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) *''Stretton'', a novel by

Henry Kingsley Henry Kingsley (2 January 1830 – 24 May 1876) was an English novelist, brother of the better-known Charles Kingsley. He was an early exponent of muscular Christianity in an 1859 work, ''The Recollections of Geoffry Hamlyn''. Life Kingsley was ...