Stretton in 1859

STRETTON, a chapelry, in the parish and union of PENKRIDGE, W. division of the hundred of CUTTLESTONE, S. division of the county of STAFFORD, 8 miles 
(N. by W.) from Wolverhampton: containing 272 inhabitants. This place, now a mere hamlet, is thought to occupy the site of the Pennicrocium of the Romans, with the situation of which, as laid down by Antoninus in his Itinerary, it perfectly agrees; and the supposition is further strengthened by the discovery of several coins, and other relics of Roman antiquity.

The chapelry comprises 1500 acres by admeasurement: the road from Shrewsbury to Coventry passes along its south side, and the river Penk, the Grand Junction railway, and the Stafford and Worcester canal, at a short distance on the east. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £96; patron and impropriator, Lord Hatherton. The chapel is dedicated to St. John. 

 

[Description(s) from The Topographical Dictionary of England (1859) by Samuel Lewis - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]