Stretton in 1872

STRETTON, a chapelry in Penkridge parish, Stafford; 3 miles SW of Penkridge railway station. It has a post-office under Stafford. Rated property, £2,641. Pop., 273. Houses, 54. Stretton Hall and Stretton House are chief residences. 

The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £86. Patron, Lord Hatherton. 
 

[Description(s) from The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72) - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]