Tredington, Warwickshire

Not to be confused with Tredington, Gloucestershire.

Tredington is a village and civil parish on the River Stour in Warwickshire, England. The village is 2 miles (3 km) north of Shipston-on-Stour. The civil parish includes the village of Newbold on Stour and hamlets of Armscote, Blackwell and Darlingscott. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 1,422.^[1] Tredington civil parish was part of Worcestershire until 1931. The River Stour runs through Tredington.

Tredington
St Gregory's parish church seen from the southeast
Tredington Location within Warwickshire
Population	1,422 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	SP257437
District	Stratford-on-Avon
Shire county	Warwickshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Shipston-on-Stour
Postcode district	CV36
Dialling code	01608
Police	Warwickshire
Fire	Warwickshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Stratford-on-Avon
Website	Tredington Parish Council
List of places UK England Warwickshire 52.091°N 1.626°W / 52.091; -1.626

History

See also: History of Worcestershire and History of Warwickshire

Parish church

The oldest parts of the Church of England parish church of St Gregory are Anglo-Danish, built around 1000. The building has subsequent phases of work from the 12th, 14th, 15th and 17th or 18th centuries. The building was restored in the 19th century. The west tower is 14th-century and has a tall spire.^[2] The church is a Grade I listed building.^[3] The west tower has a ring of six bells. George Purdue of Taunton, Somerset cast the third, fourth and tenor bells in 1622. Robert Atton of Buckingham cast the fifth bell in 1624. Matthew I Bagley of Chacombe, Northamptonshire cast the treble bell in 1683. G Mears and Company of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in London cast the second bell in 1858.^[4]

Quaker arrest

In the years after the Restoration, Nonconformist religious groups were suppressed, including Quakers. Quaker leader George Fox was arrested on a visit to Tredington in 1673.^[5]

Amenities

Tredington had an 18th-century pub, the White Lion.^[6][7] that was closed 2019, until It was open again in 2022 after it had a major renovation. Newbold on Stour and Tredington primary school is in Tredington.^[8] Tredington no longer has a village shop or filling station. Tredington previously had a Little Chef restaurant, until this was taken over by Channings Diner (circa 1997).

References

1. "Area: Tredington (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
2. Pevsner & Wedgwood 1966, p. 434.
3. Historic England. "Church of St Gregory (Grade I) (1024028)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
4. Chester, Mike (5 June 2017). "Tredington S Gregory". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Central Council for Church Bell Ringers. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
5. Lloyd 1993, p. 93.
6. Historic England. "White Lion Inn (Grade II) (1024057)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
7. Individual Pubs Limited
8. Newbold and Tredington Primary School

Bibliography

• Lloyd, David (1993), A History of Worcestershire, Chichester: Phillimore, ISBN 9780850336580, LCCN 94109314, OCLC 30027275, OL 1140253M
• Pevsner, Nikolaus; Wedgwood, Alexandra (1966). Warwickshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 434–435.
• Willis-Bund, JW; Page, William, eds. (1913). "Tredington". A History of the County of Worcester. Victoria County History. Vol. III. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co. pp. 541–551.

External links

• Tredington Parish Council