Stretton

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Contents 1 Situation 2 History 3 Church 4 Castle 5 In game

Situation

The village sits at the broadening of a vcalley between the rolling hilly area of the Long Mynd to the north west, and the sharp edged ridge hills of Ragleth Hill (393m) amd Caer Caradoc (459m) to the east. To the south, abour a mile and a half away lies Little Stretton, and a mile to the north is All Stretton. Water comes from the Stretton Hills, fresh & calcium rich.

History

Referred to as "Strtun" in the Domesday book (1086)

Charter granted to hold a market by King John in 1215

Church

St Lawrence. The Norman nave has corner pilaster buttresses and a north doorway with two rolls in the arch and a sheil-na-gig above, and a south doorway with one order of shafts. In the 13th century the building was made cruciform with a new central tower, cancel, and transpts, and the trussed rafter roof of the nave is also of that period. Expanded further later, and new windows added.

Castle

Brockhurst Castle lies under a mile SSW of the village.

In game