Todenham, Gloucestershire

Description
Todenham, a village and a parish in Gloucestershire. The village is 4 miles NE of Moreton-in-the-Marsh, and 4 S of Shipston-on-Stour. It has a post office under Moreton-in-the-Marsh; money order and telegraph office, Moreton-in-the Marsh. The parish comprises 2481 acres; population, 349. There is a parish council consisting of five members. The manor belonged to Tewkesbury Abbey, and passed to the Petre family and subsequently to the Pole family. Todenham House is the chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; gross value, £463 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol The church is ancient, chiefly Decorated, with some fragmente of Norman and Early English work, and consists of chancel, nave, N aisle, two chantry chapels, and a tower with spire. It contains some stone sedilia with canopies and the stairs to the rood-loft.