English Explanatory Dictionary

Stretton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A number of places in England:
  3. A hamlet and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ4452).
  4. A village and civil parish in Warrington borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ6282).
  5. A village and civil parish in North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3961).
  6. A village and civil parish in Rutland (OS grid ref SK9415).
  7. A large village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK2526).
  8. A small village in Lapley, Stretton and Wheaton Aston parish, South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8811).
  9. A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, named after a George Stretton.

Pronunciation

/ˈstɹɛtən/

Word forms

Stretton

Etymology

From Old English strǣt + tūn (“settlement on a Roman road”).

Derived words

Church Stretton Lapley, Stretton and Wheaton Aston Stretton-on-Dunsmore Stretton-on-Fosse Stretton Westwood
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