1. History
    Religion  Transportation 

2. References

3. External links

It is not to be confused with the other Warwickshire village of a similar name, Stretton-under-Fosse.

History

Stretton means "settlement on a Roman Road" (from the Old English stræt and tun). In this case the road is Fosse Way.

Two of the manors in Stratone as the village was then called using its Saxon name^[6] are listed in the Domesday Book of 1086; of these only one remains adjoining the imposing Stretton House on the higher ground (125m) of the village. Whilst the lower ground of the village is heavy clay the upper parts are composed of sand and shingle. During commercial extraction of sand important graves of the Roman-British and Anglo-Saxon periods were uncovered and interesting skeletons and personal belongings were unearthed {{Citation needed|date=July 2009}}. These burials were the result of internecine warfare between local tribal factions.^[7][8]

The village web site indicates that until recently, the community consisted of several farms, with housing for local residents occupied in cultivation of the land and the trade association of the rural economy, such as, shops, post-office, school,^[9] inns, blacksmith, and three religious buildings. However, of these, only the Church of St. Peter and the 17th Century Plough Inn (owned in 2018 by Steve and Mandy Aubrey)^[10] are still used for their intended purpose.^[11][12] In 1826 a tramway with horse-drawn cars passed through the village; later, a branch line railway made a stop in the village.^[13]

A new village hall was built in 1990 to replace the post-war wooden hut.^[14] The old railway line and station are now gone.^[15][16]

The largely deserted medieval village of Ditchford Frary is also part of the civil parish; at one time, it included St. Giles at Ditchford Frary^[17] chapel. The chapel became ruinous by 1642 and was annexed to Stretton.^[18][19]

Religion

The site contained a church since the late 12th when it was presented to residents by Ralph le Breton. Originally, it was a chapel of the nearby village of Blockley.^[20] The current Grade II Listed building, St Peter church, made of Cotswold stone and roofed with slate, was erected in the late 16th Century. Since then, it has been extensively modified; in 1841, for example, it was rebuilt and enlarged.^[21] A 1949 description of the building provides these specifics:^[22]

A recent report describes the interior of this Grade II listed church:^[23]

Transportation

By 1825 the Great Western Railway operated a train between Stratford-upon-Avon and Moreton-in-Marsh, and it passed through the village. At a later date a branch line was constructed to Shipston-on-Stour which was used for passengers until 1929 and goods until 1960. The Stratford and Moreton Tramway also stopped at Stretton.^[25]

References

External links

• Stretton on Fosse

• Stanislaw Pastecki
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• Stanislaw Pius Radziwill
• Stanislaw Poniatowski (1676–1762)
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• Stanislaw Potocki (1734–1802)
• Stanislaw Potocki (XVIII–1760)
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• Stanislaw Smreczynski (1899–1975)
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