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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stretton like this:
STRETTON, a township-chapelry in Burton-upon-Trent parish, Stafford; 1¾ mile N by W of Burton r. station. Post town, Burton-upon-Trent. Real property, £2,671. Pop., 472. Houses, 87. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to that of Holy Trinity-Burton.
Stretton is now part of EAST STAFFORDSHIRE District. Click here for graphs and data of how EAST STAFFORDSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Stretton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stretton, in East Staffordshire and Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8543
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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