Great Stretton, Leicestershire
Church Records
The parish register dates from the year 1585.
Findmypast, in association with the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland, have the following parish records online for Great Stretton:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1585-1915 | 1809-1809 | 1602-1822 | 1637-1954 |
Churches
Church of England
St. Giles (parish church)
The church of St. Giles is a small building of stone in the Early English style, consisting of nave, south porch and a low western embattled tower with pinnacles, containing one bell: there are 100 sittings.
Land and Property
A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Leicestershire is online.
Maps
Online maps of Great Stretton are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Leicestershire newspapers online: