Towns & cities · West Midlands
Little Stretton
Little Stretton — village and civil parish in Harborough, Leicestershire, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Nearest railway station
- South Wigston · 8.2 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Little Stretton is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 104 people. Address: LE2. Wikidata describes it as: "village and civil parish in Harborough, Leicestershire, England, UK". Coordinates: 52.5953°, -1.0139°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Little Stretton (otherwise Stretton Parva) is a small village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire that lies approximately 5.53 miles (8.90 km) southeast of the city of Leicester. The parish includes the deserted medieval village of Great Stretton (or Stretton Magna, a scheduled monument that is located 0.7 miles (1.1 km) to the west of the village. The Gartree Road, a Roman Road, runs through the parish, adjacent to both Little and Great Stretton, and is the reason for those settlements' names (see: Stretton). According to the University of Nottingham English Place-names project, the settlement name Stretton means "strēt" (Anglian) for a Roman road; and "tūn" (Old English) for a settlement or an estate. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 92, with approximately 36 households.
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Background
History
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 Roman road only a few metres to the south west (probably the Via Devana to Ratae). The Domesday Book Survey of 1086 lists Little Stretton and Great Stretton as Stretton, situated in the Hundred of Gartree, 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…
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- Coordinates
- 52.5953, -1.0139
- County
- Leicestershire
- District
- Harborough
- Parish
- Little Stretton
- Postcode
- LE2
- Parliamentary constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
- Population
- 104
- Nearest railway station
- South Wigston — 8.2 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q1837427 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Little Stretton, Leicestershire (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Little Stretton- leicestershire.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Little Stretton?
- Little Stretton is in Leicestershire, the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode LE2), in the parish of Little Stretton.
- Is Little Stretton free to visit?
- Yes, Little Stretton is free to enter.
- How do I get to Little Stretton?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode LE2. It sits within the Harborough, Oadby and Wigston parliamentary constituency.