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"CHURCH STRETTON, a parish and market town in the upper division of the hundred of Munslow, in the county of Salop, 12½ miles S. of Shrewsbury. It is a railway station on the Shrewsbury and Hereford line, and is pleasantly situated in a valley. The origin of its name is supposed to have arisen from its proximity to the Roman road Watling Street - hence "Street Town", shortened into Stretton. The town mainly consists of one long street, built at the foot of Longmynd Hill, the summit of which is 1,680 feet above the sea, and commands a fine view of North Wales."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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