Tuffley is a suburb in the city of

Gloucester Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city, non-metropolitan district and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West England, South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean ...

Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( , ; abbreviated Glos.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Herefordshire to the north-west, Worcestershire to the north, Warwickshire to the north-east, Oxfordshire ...

, England. The ward is unparished and situated near Robinswood Hill.

Origins

Tuffley is a suburb of Gloucester, in the county of Gloucestershire. Recorded as Tuffley, Tufley, Tufly, Tuffel, Tuffill and possibly others, this suburb was once a village mentioned in the

Domesday Book Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...

of 1086 as 'Tuffelege', which suggests a meaning of Tuffa's farm, with Tuffa being an

Anglo-Saxon The Anglo-Saxons, in some contexts simply called Saxons or the English, were a Cultural identity, cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. They traced t ...

personal name. To this was added the suffix 'leah,' meaning a fenced enclosure or farm. In 1891 the parish had a population of 872. On 9 November 1900 the parish was abolished and became part of Gloucester, Whaddon and Quedgeley. In 1900, Lower Tuffley was moved into the parish of Quedgeley. Side of Holmleigh Parade

Religion

Four local churches have a base in Tuffley: St George's (

Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the State religion#State churches, established List of Christian denominations, Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies. It is the mother church of the Anglicanism, Anglican Christian tradition, ...

) is on Grange Road, Lower Tuffley and St Barnabas (

) is on Stroud Road. The tower of St Barnabas is a local landmark. The

Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...

church of the English Martyrs is on Tuffley Lane and the Grange Baptist Church (

Baptist Baptists are a Christian denomination, denomination within Protestant Christianity distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers (believer's baptism) and doing so by complete Immersion baptism, immersion. Baptist churches ge ...

) is also on Grange Road.

Amenities and transport

There are two public houses in the Tuffley area, the Pike and Musket and the Fox and Elm. There are two libraries, a community centre, a sports centre, and a shopping centre.

Sport

Tuffley Rovers F.C., a football team based in the ward, were formed in 1929 and play at Glevum Park in Gloucester operating five Saturday adult sides, a veterans team and a full youth section. Their best result in the

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in domestic Football in England, English football. First played during ...

was a 2nd qualifying round defeat in 1999–2000 to Lymington & New Milton, while they reached the 2nd round in the FA Vase in the 1994–95 season.

References

External links

Parks within Gloucester
{{Areas of Gloucester Areas of Gloucester Former civil parishes in Gloucestershire