Stretton under Foss, Warwickshire
Historical Description
Stretton-under-Foss, a village and a township in Monks' Kirby parish, Warwickshire. The village lies on the Fosse Way, half a mile N of Brinklow station on the Trent Valley section of the L. & N.W.R., and 6 miles NW of Rugby. It has a post and telegraph office under Rugby; money order office, Brinklow. Acreage of township, 1231; population, 241. There is a parish council consisting of five members. Newbold Revel is the chief residence. There is a Congregational chapel, founded in 1662.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Warwickshire | |
| Civil parish | Monks Kirby | |
| Hundred | Knightlow | |
| Poor Law union | Lutterworth |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Stretton under Foss from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Stretton-Under-Foss)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Warwickshire papers online:
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Warwickshire 1619 is available on the Heraldry page.