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12 unusual facts about Toddington


Bartholomew Traheron

Bartholomew was early left an orphan, and was brought up under the care of Richard Tracy of Toddington, Gloucestershire.

Charles Parker Butt

Butt was the third son of the Rev. Phelpes John Butt, of Wortham Lodge, Bournemouth, and his wife Mary Eddy, daughter of Rev. John Eddy, Vicar of Toddington, Gloucestershire.

Henry Hanbury-Tracy

Hanbury-Tracy was born at Toddington, Gloucestershire, a younger son of Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley, by the Honourable Henrietta Susanna, only child and heiress of Henry Tracy, 8th Viscount Tracy.

John and William Rufford

They were probably father and son and were the successive owners of a foundry in Toddington, Bedfordshire.

John Tracy Atkyns

Atkyns was the third son of John Tracy, of Stanway, Gloucestershire, and great-grandson of the third Viscount Tracy, of Toddington.

Robert Tracy

Born at Toddington in Gloucestershire, he was fifth son of Robert Tracy, 2nd Viscount Tracy of Rathcoole, he was the eldest son of his second wife, Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Cocks of Castleditch, Herefordshire.

Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Cleveland

In 1614, Wentworth inherited from an aunt the estate of Toddington, Bedfordshire, until then the property of the Cheyney family, and here he made his principal residence.

Toddington Town Band

Toddington Town Band, is an English brass band with over one hundred and fifty years of history.

Toddington, Bedfordshire

Toddington is situated on a chalky plateau, Totternhoe Stone, which rises up to 100 ft above the other Mid-Bedfordshire villages (e.g. Westoning, Harlington, Flitwick).

The Toddington Town Band (or TTB as it is known colloquially) performs regularly at village events.

From Harlington station, you can travel north to Flitwick and Bedford, or south to Luton, Luton Airport Parkway, St Albans, St Pancras International, Gatwick Airport and Brighton.

Toddington, Gloucestershire

Toddington Manor lies between New Town and Old Town, 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.


Baron Sudeley

The third creation came in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1838 when Charles Hanbury-Tracy was created Baron Sudeley, of Toddington in the County of Gloucester.

Harlington railway station

As well as Harlington village itself, the station also serves the villages of Barton-le-Clay, Toddington and Westoning.

Winchcombe

The stretch between Toddington and Cheltenham Racecourse, including Winchcombe, has since been reconstructed and reopened as a heritage railway called the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.