What is "stretton-on-dunsmore"

Stretton-on-Dunsmore is a village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire. Its population in the 2001 census was recorded as 1,143, rising slightly to 1,159 at the 2011 census. In the 19th century the population was 634. The village is situated just south of the A45 trunk road, roughly halfway between Rugby and Coventry. Administratively, Stretton is part of the borough of Rugby.

Stretton means "settlement on a Roman Road" (from the Old English stræt and tun). In this case the road is Fosse Way. This site is referred to in the Domesday Book (See The National Archives - Stretton on Fosse, Warwickshire Folio: 244 r Great Domesday Book.) Copy held on the Public Record in the National Archives, Kew. Dated 1086.