Stretton

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | 700+ words | Copyright

Stretton, ‘farmstead or village on a Roman road’, OE strǣt + tūn; examples include: Stretton Derbys. Strættune c.1002, Stratune 1086 (DB). Stretton, All & Stretton, Church Shrops. Stratun(e) 1086 (DB), Aluredestretton, Chirich Stretton 1262. Distinguishing affixes from the name of an early owner called Alfred and from OE cirice ‘church’. Stretton Grandison Herefs. Stratune 1086 (DB), Stretton Graundison 1350. Manorial affix from the Grandison family, here in the 14th cent. Stretton-on-Dunsmore Warwicks. Stratone 1086 (DB). For Dunsmore, see Ryton. Stretton Sugwas Herefs. Stratone 1086 (DB), Strattone by Sugwas 1334. Sugwas is ‘alluvial land frequented by sparrows’, or ‘marshy alluvial land’, OE *sugge or *sugga + *wæsse.

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