Tredington, Gloucestershire

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Tredington
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Tewkesbury
Postcode district GL20
Dialling code 01684
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51°57′50″N2°08′24″W / 51.964°N 2.140°W / 51.964; -2.140

Tredington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Stoke Orchard near Tewkesbury, in the Tewkesbury district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. The village has a church [1] and a school. [2] In 1931 the parish had a population of 92. [3]

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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]

On 1 April 1935 the parish of Tredington was merged with Stoke Orchard, [8] part also went to Tewkesbury. [9]

Education

The village school opened in 1880, [10] and is located halfway between Tredington and Stoke Orchard in order to serve both communities. Tredington Primary School, as it is now known, is a small community school serving the villages of Tredington, Stoke Orchard, Elmstone-Hardwicke, Walton Cardiff, Uckington and Bishop's Cleeve. In 2005 it had 61 students aged 4–11. [11] On 1 September 2020, the school converted to academy status and became part of the Gloucestershire Learning Alliance. [12] Since then, the school has benefited from wider funding provision from GLA and modern EYFS phonics practices supported via Mangotsfield School English Hub. The school received a strong 'Good' report from the most recent OFSTED inspection. [13] 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.

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References

  1. ↑ "Tredington". Severnside Benefice. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "Tredington Primary School". Tredington Primary School. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "Population statistics Tredington Ch/AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "Parishes: Tredington Pages 228-236 A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 8". British History Online. Victoria County History. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  5. ↑ Mark Child, "Discovering Churches and Churchyards", Shire Discovering Series 298, Osprey Publishing, 2008, ISBN   0-7478-0659-4, p.233
  6. ↑ David Marcombe, "The confraternity seals of Burton Lazars Hospital and a newly discovered matrix from Robertsbridge, Sussex", Leic. Arch. Sept 2002
  7. ↑ Anthony Boden, "Thomas Tomkins: the last Elizabethan", Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2005, ISBN   0-7546-5118-5, p.44
  8. ↑ C R Elrington, ed. (1968). "Parishes Tredington". A History of the county of Gloucester: Victoria History. Vol. 8. p. 234. Retrieved 21 January 2016– via Britich History Online.
  9. ↑ "Relationships and changes Tredington Ch/AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  10. ↑ Parishes: Tredington'. A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 8 (1968), pp. 228-236. Date accessed: 18 February 2012
  11. ↑ Tredington Community Primary School. OFSTED Inspection Report. 1 October 2008.
  12. ↑ Tredington Primary School. The Gloucestershire Learning Alliance. Accessed 2 March 2024.
  13. ↑ Tredington Primary School. OFSTED Inspection Report. 15 September 2023.


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