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Tredington, Gloucestershire

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OS grid reference
  
SO903294

Region
  
South West

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Local time
  
Wednesday 2:15 AM

District
  
Tewkesbury Borough

Civil parish
  
Stoke Orchard

Country
  
England

Post town
  
Tewkesbury

Shire county
  
Gloucestershire

Dialling code
  
01684

Tredington, Gloucestershire

Weather
  
4°C, Wind W at 3 km/h, 83% Humidity

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Tredington is a small village in the parish of Stoke Orchard near Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, England. The village has a church and a school but no pubs or shops.

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Map of Tredington, Tewkesbury, UK

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. The steps, base and shaft of the churchyard cross are fourteenth century; the cross is modern.

History

The village was a member of the Confraternity of Burton Lazars, a mediaeval order devoted to the care of lepers, near Melton Mowbray. The father of the musician Thomas Tomkins was incumbent of the church from 1594 to 1609.

In 1935 the parish of Tredington was merged with Stoke Orchard.

Education

The village school opened in 1880, 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. 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, Gloucestershire Wikipedia