Stretton-under-Fosse

Stretton-under-Fosse
Stretton-under-Fosse
Stretton-under-Fosse shown within Warwickshire
Population 234 (2011)
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
EU Parliament West Midlands
UK Parliament

Stretton-under-Fosse is a village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire. In 2001 its population was recorded as 185, increasing to 234 at the 2011 Census.[1]

The village contains a number of old cottages along its main street. Just outside Stretton is an old manor house, Newbold Revel, which is now used as a training college for prison officers. Nearby is the Oxford Canal and a canal arm leading to Stretton Wharf.

Confusingly, another village in Warwickshire, Stretton-on-Fosse, has a very similar name. The latter is located at the other end of the county.

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

References

  1. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  • Allen, Geoff, (2000) Warwickshire Towns & Villages, ISBN 1-85058-642-X

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