Gretton

Gretton

Gretton is the name of several places in England:
* Gretton, Gloucestershire
* Gretton, Northamptonshire
**formerly main settlement of Gretton Rural District
* Gretton, Shropshire

There is also a title Baron Gretton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.


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