an example of a corpse road or way is that of the church of st peter and paul at blockley, in gloucestershire, which held the burial right to the inhabitants of the hamlets stretton-on-fosse in warwickshire, where there was a chapel which became a rectory in the 12th century, and aston magna, where there was a chapel which was merely a chantry. all 'tithes' and 'mortuaries', however, came to the parish church of blockley, to which church the people of stretton and aston were committed to carry their deceased for burial. the corpse road from aston to blockley churchyard is over two miles (3 km) long and crosses three small streams en route. the corpse road from stretton to blockley runs for some four miles (6 km) and crosses two streams.