Tredington, Gloucestershire
| Tredington | |
|---|---|
 St. John the Baptist's church, Tredington | |
  Tredington Location within Gloucestershire | |
| OS grid reference | SO903294 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Tewkesbury |
| Postcode district | GL20 |
| Dialling code | 01684 |
| Police | Gloucestershire |
| Fire | Gloucestershire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Tredington is a small village in the parish of Stoke Orchard near Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, England. The village has a church[1] and a school[2] and the Countrywide Country Store.[3]
The little church of St John the Baptist in Tredington is known for its wooden tower, a twelfth-century architectural plan, medieval stone benches, and the fossil of an ichthyosaurus displayed upon the floor of its porch.[4] The steps, base and shaft of the churchyard cross are fourteenth century; the cross is modern.[5]
History
The village was a member of the Confraternity of Burton Lazars, a mediaeval order devoted to the care of lepers, near Melton Mowbray.[6] The father of the musician Thomas Tomkins was incumbent of the church from 1594 to 1609.[7]
In 1935 the parish of Tredington was merged with Stoke Orchard.[8]
Education
The village school opened in 1880,[9] and is located half way between Tredington and Stoke Orchard in order to serve both communities. Tredington Community Primary School, as it is now known, is a tiny school serving (at least) the villages of Tredington, Stoke Orchard, Elmstone-Hardwicke and Uckington. In 2005 it had 61 students aged 4–11.[10] Most children leaving this school move on to Cleeve School in Bishop's Cleeve, an establishment with a larger population (over 1000 pupils) than the villages served by Tredington School.
References
- ^ "Tredington". Severnside Benefice. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ "Tredington Primary School". Tredington Primary School. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ "Countrywide Country Store". British Business Directory. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ "Parishes: Tredington Pages 228-236 A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 8". British History Online. Victoria County History. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- ^ Mark Child, "Discovering Churches and Churchyards", Shire Discovering Series 298, Osprey Publishing, 2008, ISBN 0-7478-0659-4, p.233
- ^ David Marcombe, "The confraternity seals of Burton Lazars Hospital and a newly discovered matrix from Robertsbridge, Sussex", Leic. Arch. Sept 2002
- ^ Anthony Boden, "Thomas Tomkins: the last Elizabethan", Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2005, ISBN 0-7546-5118-5, p.44
- ^ William Page, ed. (1968). A History of the county of Gloucester: Victoria History Volume 8: Parishes Tredington. A. Constable and company, limited. p. 234. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) - ^ Parishes: Tredington'. A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 8 (1968), pp. 228-236. Date accessed: 18 February 2012
- ^ Tredington Community Primary School. OFSTED Inspection Report. 1 October 2008.