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| Iron Age | Langley Hill |
| Roman | Coins (AD70), pipe
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| Saxon |
The village name derives from the description ‘a farmstead near Greet’ |
| Norman |
Pilgrim route from the west via Stanley Pontlarge to Winchcombe passes through Greeton |
| 13thcentury |
Grant of ‘a courtleet, with waifs and felons’ goods’ plus land is given to the Knights Templar by King Henry III |
| 1307 |
John and Alice de Besmamicele grant Greeton to the Abbey at Tewkesbury |
| c.1400 |
Chapel bell struck |
| Late Medieval |
The Chapel of Ease is built |
| Tudor: 1509 |
Henry VII grants the manor to Winchcombe Abbey for an annual rent of £60 |
| 1539 |
Dissolution of Winchcombe Abbey; this includes the hundred of Greston in which Gretton lies. King Henry VIII claims ownership. |
| 1574/75
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Elizabeth I rides through Gretton on her way from Dixton Manor to Sudeley Castle |
| 1580
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Tithe-rights of hay and corn belong to Tewkesbury Abbey |
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Dwellings built during this period: Abbotswyck, The Orchards, Bank Side, Churchwell, Old Tower Cottage, Gable Farm House, Gretton Farmhouse
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| Stuart:1608
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Written evidence that there are 33 able bodied men in the village |
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King James I grants Gretton to Lord Sudeley of Toddington |
| 17thcentury: |
dwellings built include: Orchard Cottage, Oak Cottage, Lynch Lane Farmhouse, Yew Tree Cottage, Gardener’s Cottage, Well House, Tudor Cottage, Willow Cottage and Upper School Cottage |
| 1702 |
Coin from this period discovered |
| Georgian:1779
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John Wesley preaches in a Gretton orchard |
| 18thcentury:
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dwellings built include the Tythe Farmhouse and Gretton House |
| 1812
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The Methodist Chapel opens |
| 1816
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Enclosure Award |
| Victorian:1856
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James Agg, rural messenger, trudges knee deep in mud along ‘Dirty Lane’, Gretton |
| 1862
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The school opens |
| 1868
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A new parish church opens |
| 1883-84
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Fountain and water supplied via standpipes |
| 1892
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A new school opens |
| 1894
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Improvements are made to the water supply through the use of a ‘very satisfactory’ water diviner |
| 20th century: 1906
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Railway opens |
| 1914-1918
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Gretton's Fallen Heroes |
| 1939-40
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Sewage system built |
| 1939-45
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Gretton's Fallen Heroes |
| 1994
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The Parish Council is formed |
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| Woodland History
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