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Little Stretton, Leicestershire

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45: 536: 61: 1063: 508:, Leicestershire. It had an estimated population of 9.6 households (representing the heads of families, with an average 5 persons per household) and was considered to be a small settlement in 1086. The poll tax returns of 1381 list 53 persons that were deemed eligible to pay. Almost 200 years later in 1563, 19 families were recorded. The population in 1801 was 97, followed by an increase to 128 in 1821. 68: 476:
2.81 miles (4.52 km) to the west. The soils are Slightly acid loamy and clayey, with more seasonally wet base-rich loamy and clayey soils beyond the village to the south and east, according to UK Soil Observatory results. The bedrock geology of the settlement is Charmouth Mudstone, a sedimentary
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STRETTON-PARVA, a chapelry in Kings Norton parish, Leicestershire; 3 miles N by E of Glenn r. station, and 5¾ SE of Leicester. Post town, Leicester. Real property, £1,196. Pop., 83. Houses, 19. The living is annexed to
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The parish has two medieval churches, St Giles of Stratton Magna and St Clement and St John the Baptist of Stratton Parva. The church of Little Stretton, St Clement and St John the Baptist, has historically been a
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By the 1890s, "The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5" revealed a slight decline in population to 72. By 1951 the census returned a count of 105 residents in Little Stretton.
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Evidence for prehistoric activity is very limited. An archaeological assessment in 2011 listed an Iron Age enclosure to the south west of Manor Farm, and the presence of the ‘Gartree Road’ a
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Archaeological attendance conducted during groundworks at Manor Farm, Main street, Little Stretton, Leicester. (SK 6890 0153)
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The Domesday Book Survey of 1086 lists Little Stretton and Great Stretton as Stretton, situated in the
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The neighbouring Stretton Magna at the same time held 7 households with a population of 42.
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Little Stretton is situated on the south side of the river Glen, between the villages of
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An Archaeological Evaluation at Manor Farm, Little Stretton, Leicester. (SK 6890 0153)
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bedrock formed between 199.3 and 182.7 million years ago during the Jurassic period.
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Detailed history of Little Stretton (originally part of Kings Norton parish)
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The history and antiquities of the county of Leicester : Vol. 2, Part 2
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that lies approximately 5.53 miles (8.90 km) southeast of the city of
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that is located 0.7 miles (1.1 km) to the west of the village. The
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In 1919, the village gained a certain notoriety as the location of the
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A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 5, Gartree Hundred
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Photographs of the OS grid square for Little Stretton from Geograph
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Great Stretton

Little Stretton is located in Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Density
OS grid reference
SK669002
London
Civil parish
District
Harborough
Shire county
Leicestershire
Region
East Midlands
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
LE2
Dialling code
Police
Leicestershire
Fire
Leicestershire
Ambulance
East Midlands
UK Parliament
Harborough

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