Stretton-under-Fosse

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Stretton-under-Fosse
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Main Street, Stretton under Fosse
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Stretton-under-Fosse
Location within Warwickshire
Population206 (2021)
OS grid reference SP451813
Civil parish
  • Stretton-under-Fosse
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town RUGBY
Postcode district CV23
Dialling code 01788
Police Warwickshire
Fire Warwickshire
Ambulance West Midlands
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England
Warwickshire
52°25′40″N1°20′17″W / 52.42783°N 1.33815°W / 52.42783; -1.33815

Stretton-under-Fosse is a village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire. In the 2021 census the population of the parish was 206. [1]

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The village is located just east of the Fosse Way former Roman road, and just south of the M6 motorway. It contains a number of old cottages along its main street. Just outside Stretton is an old manor house, Newbold Revel, which is currently used as a training college for prison officers. [2] Just south of the village is the Oxford Canal and a canal arm leading to Stretton Wharf. [3]

Between 1847 and 1957, the village was served by nearby Brinklow railway station on the West Coast Main Line, which was originally known as Stretton station. [4]

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

Historic buildings

There are 9 listed buildings by Historic England. [5] These include several houses in Main Street and a cast iron canal bridge.

References

  1. ↑ "Stretton under Fosse Parish in West Midlands". City Population. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  2. ↑ Allen, Geoff, (2000) Warwickshire Towns & Villages, pages 126-127, ISBN   1-85058-642-X
  3. ↑ "Stretton Wharf to SW of Stretton under Fosse". Our Warwickshire. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Brinklow Station". Warwickshire Railways. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Search Results for 'Stretton-under-Fosse". Historic England. Retrieved 17 November 2019.

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