Stoney Stretton
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Stoney Stretton is a hamlet
in Shropshire
, England
. It is situated just off the B4386 road (a Roman Road
, hence the settlement's name "Stretton
") between the villages of Yockleton
and Westbury
. It lies in the civil parish of Westbury. To the northwest, by the Shrewsbury to Welshpool railway
, is the dispersed hamlet of Stretton Heath.
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
in Shropshire
Shropshire
Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is situated just off the B4386 road (a Roman Road
Roman road
The Roman roads were a vital part of the development of the Roman state, from about 500 BC through the expansion during the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. Roman roads enabled the Romans to move armies and trade goods and to communicate. The Roman road system spanned more than 400,000 km...
, hence the settlement's name "Stretton
Stretton
-England:Stretton means "settlement on a Roman Road" . Of the seventeen places in England, all but two are situated on a Roman Road, the exceptions being Stretton Westwood and Stretton en le Field.-Cheshire:...
") between the villages of Yockleton
Yockleton
Yockleton is a village in Shropshire, England.It is west of the county town of Shrewsbury, just off the B4386 road to Montgomery and near to the River Severn....
and Westbury
Westbury, Shropshire
Westbury is a village and parish in Shropshire, England. It lies 8 miles west of the town of Shrewsbury, very close to the Wales-England border.During the Roman settlement of Britain it was an outpost of Wroxeter....
. It lies in the civil parish of Westbury. To the northwest, by the Shrewsbury to Welshpool railway
Cambrian Line
The Cambrian Line is a railway from Shrewsbury to Welshpool, Aberystwyth and Pwllheli. The railway runs first through the central part of Wales and then along the coast of Cardigan Bay....
, is the dispersed hamlet of Stretton Heath.