Stretton.
A surname.
Meaning & usage
A surname.
A number of places in England: A hamlet and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ4452).
A number of places in England: A village and civil parish in Warrington borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ6282).
A number of places in England: A village and civil parish in North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3961).
A number of places in England: A village and civil parish in Rutland (OS grid ref SK9415).
A number of places in England: A large village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK2526).
A number of places in England: A small village in Lapley, Stretton and Wheaton Aston parish, South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8811).
A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, named after a George Stretton.
Where this word comes from
From Old English strǣt + tūn (“settlement on a Roman road”).
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