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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.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyLeicestershire 
Civil parishKing's Norton 
HundredGartree 
Poor Law unionBillesdon 

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:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1592-18121756-18341592-18371592-1812

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Stretton Parva from the following:


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: