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Stretton Grandison is a hamlet and small civil parish in Herefordshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 175.[ citation needed ]

It is on the A417 road (a Roman Road, hence the settlement's name "Stretton") to the north-east of Hereford. [1] The River Frome flows along the parish's southern boundary.

The Church of St Lawrence, dating from its 14th-century rebuilding of an earlier church, is a Grade I listed building. [2]

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References

  1. Ordnance Survey mapping
  2. "Church of St Lawrence, Stretton Grandison". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 30 January 2014.

Coordinates: 52°05′N2°32′W / 52.09°N 2.54°W / 52.09; -2.54