Tredington, Gloucestershire

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]

Tredington
St. John the Baptist's church, Tredington
Tredington Location within Gloucestershire
OS grid reference	SO903294
Civil parish	Stoke Orchard
District	Tewkesbury
Shire county	Gloucestershire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Tewkesbury
Postcode district	GL20
Dialling code	01684
Police	Gloucestershire
Fire	Gloucestershire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Tewkesbury
List of places UK England Gloucestershire 51.964°N 2.140°W / 51.964; -2.140

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.

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". Victoria County History. Retrieved 27 October 2019 – via British History Online.
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.