Stretton Parva, Leicestershire
Historical Description
Stretton Parva, a small village, a township, and a chapelry in Kings Norton parish, Leicestershire, 3 miles N by E of Glenn station on the main line of the M.R., and 5½ SE of Leicester. Post town, Leicester; money order office, Great Glen; telegraph office, Kibworth. Acreage of township, 704; population, 72. The living is annexed to Kings Norton. The church is a small but ancient edifice of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, porch, and western tower.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Leicestershire | |
Civil parish | King's Norton | |
Hundred | Gartree | |
Poor Law union | Billesdon |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in association with the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland, have the following parish records online for Stretton Parva:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1592-1812 | 1756-1834 | 1592-1837 | 1592-1812 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Stretton Parva from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Stretton Parva)
Land and Property
A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Leicestershire is online.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Leicestershire newspapers online: