TREDINGTON, a parish forming, with the parishes
of Shipston upon Stour, and Tidmington, a distinct portion
of the upper division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW,
county of WORCESTER, being locally in the
Kington division of the hundred of KINGTON, county
of WARWICK, 2 miles (N.) from Shipston upon Stour,
containing, with the hamlets of Armscott, BlackwelL,
Darlingscott, and Newbold, 1032 inhabitants.  The
living is arectory, in two portions,-in-the peculiar jurisdiction
of the Rector, jointly rated in the king's books
St -£99.17.;6., and in the patronageof the Principal and
Fellows of Jesus' College, Oxford. The church is dedicated
to St. Gregory. This parish was divided, under
an act passed in the 6th of George I., when the townships
of Shipston and Tidmington were separated from
it, and constituted a distinct parish. The river Stour
runs through the parish. Here was formerly a monastery,
the remaining part of which is now the rectoryhouse.
There is a small endowed school in the parish.