Tredington, Gloucestershire
Historical Description
Tredington, a village and a parish in Gloucestershire, 2½ miles SSE of Tewkesbury. Post town, Tewkesbury. Acreage, 1021; population, 104. Tredington Court, the ancient seat of the Surman family, is the chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; net value, £65 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The church is Norman and Decorated; the tower was rebuilt in 1883 , in the chancel is a remarkable stone sedilia.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Gloucestershire | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Tredington St. John the Baptist | |
| Hundred | Tewkesbury | |
| Poor Law union | Tewkesbury |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The register of baptisms dates from the year 1551; marriages, 1641; burials, 1541.
The Gloucestershire Parish Registers are available online at Ancestry, in association with Gloucestershire Archives.
Churches
Church of England
St. John the Baptist (parish church)
The church of St. John the Baptist is a building of stone, in the Norman and Decorated styles, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch, containing a beautiful Norman arch, also one dividing chancel from nave, and a wooden tower on the western gable containing 5 bells; the tower was rebuilt and the bells put in order in 1883 at the sole cost of the late John Surman esq.: the chancel is remarkable for its great length: there are the remains of two Norman windows, and in the chancel a peculiar stone sedile: on the north side of the communion table is a recess: in 1896 a memorial window was erected to the late John Surman esq. and Elizabeth, his wife; an organ was also presented by their family at the same time: in 1893 the nave was refloored at a cost of about £97, by the parishioners and landowners, and in 1890 a clock, the gift of Commander A. B. Mansell R.N. was presented in memory of his uncle, John Surman esq. of Tredington Court: the cost of restorations carried out during the period of 1883-90, amounted to £551: there is a memorial brass to George Norman Bell, of Hampstead, d. 1882, and an ancient font: there are sittings for 150 persons. In the churchyard, on the south side, stands a cross with a very tall shaft, and in a good, state of preservation.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Tredington from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Tredington (St. John the Baptist))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Gloucestershire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Tredington are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers covering Gloucestershire online:
- Gloucester Citizen
- Gloucester Journal
- Gloucestershire Chronicle
- Gloucestershire Echo
- Cheltenham Chronicle
- Cheltenham Looker-On
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of the county of Gloucester, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.