Stretham

Other current and historical names

Stradham

Built-Up Area: Stretham
Parish/Community: Stretham
District/Borough: East Cambridgeshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°20'56"N 0°13'7"E
Eastings/Northings: 551231, 274638
OS Grid: TL512746
Mapcode Local: GBR M70.N53
Mapcode Global: VHHJK.R713

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Stretham within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Stretham in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Stretham, par., township, and vil. with ry. sta., Cambridgeshire - par. (forming an eccl. dist. called Stretham with Thetford), 6940 ac., pop. 1318; township, 5310 ac., pop. 1076; vil., 4 miles SW. of Ely; P.O., T.O.

Stretham in the Domesday Book

A village in Ely 1 hundred, in the county of Cambridgeshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ely
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £9 in 1086
- Households: 23 villagers; 10 cottagers; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (9 plough lands)
- Meadow: 9 ploughs
- Other resources: 2 fisheries

British Place Names

Stretham, Cambridgeshire

Stretham is a village in Cambridgeshire

Stretham in historic gazetteers

Stretham in the Domesday Book