Stretton-under-Fosse | |
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Main Street, Stretton under Fosse | |
Location within
Warwickshire | |
Population | 206 ( 2021) |
OS grid reference | SP451813 |
Civil parish |
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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 |
UK Parliament | |
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]
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.
There are 13 listed buildings by Historic England. [5] These include several houses in Main Street, a cast iron canal bridge [6] and the early Victorian church of St. Peter. [7]
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