Little Stretton, Leicestershire

Little Stretton

Approaching Little Stretton
OS grid reference SK668001
Parish Little Stretton
District Harborough
Shire county Leicestershire
Region East Midlands
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LEICESTER
Postcode district LE2
Police Leicestershire
Fire Leicestershire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament Harborough
List of places: UK • England • Leicestershire

Little Stretton is a small village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire.

Within the parish, to the west of Little Stretton village, lies a deserted medieval village called Stretton Magna (or Great Stretton).

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).

See also

References

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Little_Stretton,_Leicestershire Little Stretton, Leicestershire] at Wikimedia Commons

Village history

Census 2001 Parish Profile from Leicestershire County Council

Detailed history of Little Stretton (originally part of Kings Norton parish)

Ordnance Survey mapping of Little Stretton

Photographs of the OS grid square for Little Stretton from Geograph

Search for designated historic sites and buildings in Little Stretton

Account of the Green Bicycle murder at Little Stretton 5 July 1919