OS grid reference SK668001 Region East Midlands Sovereign state United Kingdom Local time Wednesday 6:49 PM District Harborough UK parliament constituency Harborough | Civil parish Little Stretton Country England Post town LEICESTER Shire county Leicestershire Dialling code 0116 | |
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Little Stretton (otherwise Stretton Parva) is a small village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. The population is included in the civil parish of Burton Overy.
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Map of Little Stretton, Leicester, UK
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).
Parish Church
The church of Little Stretton is The Chapel of Ease, St Clement, Stretton Parva (in the Parish of St John the Baptist King's Norton, Leicestershire)
Rectors, Vicars and Patrons
References
Little Stretton, Leicestershire Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA