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Toddington is a village
and civil parish in north Gloucestershire in Tewkesbury Borough, located
approx 20 km north-east of Cheltenham with a population of around 400
people. The history of the village goes right back to 1086. The Domesday
Book makes reference to evidence of an early settlement in and around
Toddington with a population of 130 people. There are two parts to the
village, "Church Lane" near the church and "New
Town" at the crossing of the B4077 and B4632 roads.
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The village, has a large church,
St. Andrew's which contains the marble tombs of local nobility, the
Tracy family, who variously lived at Sudeley Castle, Hailes Abbey and
Toddington Manor. |
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The area is mainly farming
country looking out to glorious hills. Much of the area around Church
Lane is designated a listed Historic Garden Area and the area to the
north of the B4077 sits in the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Beauty. The
land to the south of the B4077 is designated a Special Landscape Area. |
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Isbourne
Valley School operates from two sites – in the village of
Didbrook and alongside the village hall at Toddington.
The school provides primary education and has recently
been Ofsted rated as ‘Good’ under the new classification
system.
The
school provides a friendly environment in which children
flourish. They
achieve high standards through the dedication of an excellent
group of teachers and teaching assistants, with the close
involvement of parents and a supportive Parent Teachers
Association.
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Toddington Manor which lies between
New Town and Church Lane, and was bought by the Turner Prize-winning
artist Damien Hirst in 2005; he plans to turn the manor into a museum of
his work. |
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Toddington railway station is located
in "New Town" and is the northern terminus of the private heritage line,
the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway.
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