stretfords

Updated: May 19, 2025

Settlements were made and towns sprang up along the old "streets;" and the numerous Stretfords, Stratfords, and towns ending' in "le-street" as Ardwick-le-street, in Yorkshire, and Chester-le-street, in Durham mostly mark the direction of these ancient lines of road.

Samuel Smiles - The Life of Thomas Telford; civil engineer with an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britain