Tredington, Gloucestershire

Tredington
St. John the Baptist's church, Tredington
Tredington is located in Gloucestershire
Tredington
Tredington
Location within Gloucestershire
OS grid referenceSO903294
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTewkesbury
Postcode districtGL20
Dialling code01684
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Gloucestershire
51°57′50″N 2°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]

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]

  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