1 Excavation 1968-70 produced 53 inhumations with grave goods of late Roman/early Saxon date.
2 1968: A Saxon cemetery and settlement found in sand digging. 22 skeletons have been excavated ...
A settlement and complete cemetery of early Saxon date was discovered during excavation. 45 skeletons were revealed, a further 6 were thought to have been destroyed by sand extraction. The cemetery was situated to the west of Stretton on Fosse.
1 Dicforde in 1086, the place where the Fosse Way crosses the Paddle Brook.
The site of a ford on the Fosse Way over the Paddle Brook, noted in 1086. It was situated 500m south of Stretton on Fosse. The ford dates back to the Roman period and is recorded in the Medieval period.