Tredington, Gloucestershire Explained

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]

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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tredington . Severnside Benefice . 9 August 2020.
2. Web site: Tredington Primary School . Tredington Primary School . 9 August 2020.
3. Web site: Population statistics Tredington Ch/AP/CP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 15 December 2022.
4. Web site: Parishes: Tredington Pages 228-236 A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 8. . British History Online . Victoria County History . 27 October 2019.
5. Mark Child, "Discovering Churches and Churchyards", Shire Discovering Series 298, Osprey Publishing, 2008,, 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,, p.44
8. Book: A History of the county of Gloucester: Victoria History . 8 . Parishes Tredington . C R Elrington . 1968. 234. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol8/pp228-236. 21 January 2016 . Britich History Online.
9. Web site: Relationships and changes Tredington Ch/AP/CP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 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. http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/115538 Tredington Community Primary School. OFSTED Inspection Report. 1 October 2008.
12. https://www.tredingtonprimary.org.uk/The-Gloucestershire-Learning-Alliance/ Tredington Primary School. The Gloucestershire Learning Alliance. Accessed 2 March 2024.
13. https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50228337 Tredington Primary School. OFSTED Inspection Report. 15 September 2023.