Stretton may refer to:
People
- Stretton (surname)
- (Arthur) Stretton Reeve (1907-1981), English clergyman
Places
England
Stretton means "settlement on a Roman Road" (from the Old English "stræt" and "tun"). Of the seventeen places in England, all but two are situated on a Roman road, the exceptions being Stretton Westwood and Stretton en le Field.
Cheshire
Derbyshire
Herefordshire
Leicestershire
Rutland
Shropshire
Staffordshire
Warwickshire
Australia
Queensland
The place in Australia is named after George Stretton, a 19th-century Englishman.
Other uses
- 11626 Church Stretton (an asteroid)
- Stretton, a novel by Henry Kingsley
See also
- All pages with titles containing Stretton
- Stratton (disambiguation)
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