Stretton in England
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Belvide Reservoir

Belvide Reservoir is a reservoir in South Staffordshire, England. It was built in 1833 to supply the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal, and has been managed as a nature reserve since 1977. It has been used to study the effect of water level changes on bird populations.

Located at 52.686, -2.193 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Nature reserves in Staffordshire, Canal reservoirs in England, Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Staffordshire, Grade II* listed buildings in Staffordshire, Works of Thomas Telford, Shropshire Union Canal

Penkridge

Penkridge is a market town and ancient parish in Staffordshire, England with a population of 7,836 (Census 2001). Many locals refer to it as a village, although it has a long history as an ecclesiastical and commercial centre. Its main distinction in the Middle Ages was as the site of an important collegiate church, which still dominates the skyline. It has continued to prosper mainly because of its favourable location on regional transport links.

Located at 52.705, -2.146 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Penkridge, History of Staffordshire

Cannock Rural District

Cannock was a rural district in Staffordshire, England from 1894 to 1974. It was created by the Local Government Act 1894, based on the Cannock rural sanitary district, and has the town of Cannock on its eastern border. In 1934 it was expanded by a County Review Order, picking up the parishes of Blymhill and Weston under Lizard, which had been administered by the Shifnal Rural District mainly in Shropshire.

Located at 52.69, -2.14 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972, Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894, History of Staffordshire, South Staffordshire, Rural districts of England

Stretton Hall, Staffordshire

Stretton Hall is an early 18th century mansion house at Stretton, South Staffordshire. It is the home of a branch of the Monckton family descended from John Monckton 1st Viscount Galway. It is a privately owned Grade II* listed building, not open to the public. The house built by John Congreve in about 1700 was originally two-storeyed with dormers above, a three-bay pedimented central block and two-bayed wings with a central pedimented entrance door.

Located at 52.703, -2.1685 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Country houses in Staffordshire, Grade II* listed buildings in Staffordshire

Pennocrucium

Pennocrucium was a Romano-British settlement and military complex located at present day Water Eaton, just south of Penkridge, Staffordshire, with evidence of occupation from the mid-1st century until the 4th century. The settlement was referred to as Pennocrucio in the 2nd century Antonine Itinerary, which described it as lying 12 miles from Uxacona and 12 miles from Letocetum.

Located at 52.694, -2.144 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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History of Staffordshire, Roman towns and cities in England, Former populated places in England, Penkridge

Stretton Aqueduct

Stretton Aqueduct is a short cast iron canal aqueduct between Stretton and Brewood, and near to Belvide Reservoir, in south Staffordshire, England. Designed by Thomas Telford and bearing his name plus its date of construction, 1832, it carries the Shropshire Union Canal 30 feet over Telford's A5 road at a skewed angle.

Located at 52.6943, -2.18941 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Works of Thomas Telford, Shropshire Union Canal, Bridges completed in 1833, Grade II listed buildings in Staffordshire, Navigable aqueducts in England

Lapley Priory

Lapley Priory was a priory in Staffordshire, England. It was a satellite house of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Remi or Saint-Rémy at Reims in Northern France.

Located at 52.714, -2.19 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Monasteries in Staffordshire, Alien priories in England, 11th-century establishments in England, Christian monasteries established in the 11th century, 15th-century disestablishments in England

Stretton, South Staffordshire

Stretton is a small, dispersed village in South Staffordshire, England. It is situated just north of the A5 road near to the village of Lapley. The A5 is Watling Street, a notable Roman Road, and another Roman road passes through Stretton from Mediolanum (Whitchurch), forming a junction with Watling Street near to the bridge over the River Penk. (On the other side of the river was the now-deserted Roman settlement of Pennocrucium.

Located at 52.7, -2.17 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Villages in Staffordshire, South Staffordshire