Samuel Stretton

Samuel Stretton (1731 –11 May 1811) was a builder and architect in Nottingham who is noted for building the first powered cotton mill.

He appears to have been born at Longdon Staffordshire in 1731 or 1732 and moved to Lenton in 1750, where he was married and where all his children were baptized.

On 14 July 1754 he married Elizabeth Wombwell in Lenton. The marriage produced 6 children:

His wife Elizabeth died on 22 February 1802 and was buried at Lenton. He died on 11 May 1811, and was buried on 16 May at Lenton.

He carried on the business of a builder to Nottingham, at first on his own account, and later in partnership with his son William Stretton,

Buildings by Samuel Stretton include:

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