Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STRETTON-ON-THE-FOSS

STRETTON-ON-THE-FOSS, a parish, with a village, in Shipston-on-Stour district, Warwick; on the Fosse way, 4 miles NNE of Moreton r. station. Post town, Moreton-in-the-Marsh. Acres, 1,939. Real property, £2,165. Pop., 435. Houses, 99. The property is sub-divided. The living is a rectory, united with Ditchford, in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £288.* Patron, Mrs. Fitzgerald. The church was rebuilt in 1842. There are a free school, and charities £15.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Stretton on Fosse AP/Ch/CP       Shipston on Stour RegD/PLU       Warwickshire AncC
Place: Stretton on Fosse

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