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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Stretton-en-le-Field, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p.309 |
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| STRETTON-EN-LE-FIELD is a township and parish
on the river Mease, at the south-east extremity of the county, 9
miles north-east from Tamworth, 5 south-west from Ashby-de-la-Zouch
and 2 west from Measham station on the Ashby and Nuneaton branch
of the Midland and London and North Western joint railways, in the
Southern division of the county, hundred of Repton and Gresley, Swadlincote
petty sessionaI division, Ashby-de-Ia-Zouch union and county court
district, rural deanery of Repton, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese
of Southwell. The church of St. Michael is a building of grey sandstone,
dating from the 14th century and consisting of chancel, nave, north
aisle and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles and octagonal
spire, containing a clock and 2 bells, the first inscribed "Cum
sono si non vis venire, Nunquam ad preces cupies ire," and
the 2nd, "SCELAI," in Lombardic capitals : nave, aisle
and chancel are Decorated, but much injured and debased by subsequent
repairs : the flat oaken roof of the nave and the east window
are Perpendicular: the aisle is separated from the nave by three
pointed arches, on square piers without capitals, placed diamond-wise:
the octagonal font dates from c. 1662 : in the north wall
of the aisle is a recess inclosing a monumental slab 7 feet in
length and bearing a plain Latin cross in slight relief ; it probably
marks the resting place of Osbert de Stretton, who rebuilt the
body of the church; in the same aisle is an alabaster slab, with
the incised figure of a priest and an inscription to Walter Savage,
rector of Stretton, ob. 23 May, 1513 : in the chancel are
several modern monuments to previous rectors, and in the aisle
to the Browne family: there are 300 sittings. The earliest register
book, which has been recently but indifferently bound, begins in
1637, but there are several bIanks : these records include a list
of collections by Brief, from 1706 to 1722. The living is a rectory,
average tithe rent-charge £249,
with 51 acres of glebe, net yearly value £240, with residence,
in the gift of Sir Mylles Cave-Browne-Cave bart. and held since
1886 by the Rev. Edward Hallett Todd M.A. of Worcester College,
Oxford. Stretton Hall, the seat of Sir Mylles Cave-Browne-Cave
bart. D.L. who is lord of the manor and the principal landowner,
is an ancient mansion near the church and surrounded by a shrubbery.
the soil is heavy ; subsoil, chiefly sandstone. About two-thirds
of the land is in pasture. The chief crops are wheat, barley and
oats. The acreage is 1,7CO acres; rateable value, l 1,335; the
population in 1881 of the parish was 330 and of the township 70. Letters through Ashby-de-Ia-Zouch arrive at 8.30 a.m. Appleby is the nearest money order office & Measham is the nearest telegraph office of this parish. WALL BOX cleared at 5 p.m. on week days & at 10 a.m. on sundays The children of this place attend the schools at Appleby & Donisthorpe Cave-Brown-Cave Sir Mylles bart. D.L., J.P. Stretton hall Todd Rev. Edwd. Hallett M.A. (rector], The Rectory Fowler John Walter, farmer Varnam Thomas, farmer [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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