Stretton under Fosse Medieval/Post Medieval Settlement
The possible extent of the medieval/post medieval settlement at Stretton under Fosse based on documentary evidence.
1 The possible extent of the medieval/post medieval settlement based on the OS map of 1886, 23NW.
2 Stretton is shown on the Dugdale map as a village, but without the affix ‘under Fosse’.
3 It is also shown on the Greenwood map with settlement each side of the main street and with ‘under Fosse’ added.
4 ‘In 1086 Geoffrey de Wirce held 8 hides in Fenny Newbold which probably included Stretton under Fosse’
5 The 1886 map shows a compact village built either side of the main street which intersects with the Fosse to the southwest. It doesn’t look planned. The only SMR records are of Imperial activity, but the village must date at least to the post medieval period.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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