Stretton in 1868

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]

"STRETTON, a chapelry in the parish of Penkridge, W. division of Cuttlestone hundred, county Stafford, 2 miles S.W. of Penkridge, its post town, 8 N.W. of Wolverhampton, and 2 N. of Brewood. The village is near the river Penk, the Stafford and Worcester canal, the Grand Junction railway, and the ancient Watling Street. The Albrighton hounds meet in this parish.

The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, value £86. The church, dedicated to St. John, has been recently rebuilt. It was formerly a chapel-of-ease to Penkridge. There is a parochial school, which is supported by Mrs. Henry Monckton, who is lady of the manor. Stretton Hall is the principal residence."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]