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Tormarton is a village and civil parish in the South Gloucestershire district, in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, England. The village is about half a mile north of the M4 motorway; the A46 road towards Bath passes a similar distance west of the village to join the motorway at junction 18. The parish includes the small village of West Littleton, south of the motorway. The parish population at the 2021 census was 323. The Cotswold Way footpath passes through the village.
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The area is thought to have been inhabited by the Roman Britain as a stone coffin was found in nearby Hinton. The village was on the border of the Anglo Saxon kingdoms of Wessex and Mercia. The medieval village was larger than today: extensive earthworks to the north and east of the church suggest that this area may have been settled previously. Its name may come from Thor Maer Tun, meaning The settlement with the thorn (tree) on the boundary. Another source suggests the name derives from the church tower (Tor) on the border between Wessex and Mercia (Anglo-Saxon Meark).
The village became part of the Badminton estate, owned by the Duke of Beaufort, in 1789. In 1848 the population of the parish was 620.
Baron Altrincham, of Tormarton is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom that was created in 1945 for the politician Edward Grigg and then held by John Grigg who disclaimed the title under the Peerage Act 1963.
The M4 motorway to the west of Tormarton opened in 1967, with the section to the east running to Stanton St Quintin (Junction 17) opening four years later.
In 2008, SITA made a planning application to build a large in-vessel composting facility near Tormarton. Planning documentation In-vessel composting plant Tormarton, South Gloucestershire, United Kingdom], planning.southglos.gov.uk Previously SITA had been proposing to site it on a Brownfield land site in Pucklechurch but this was met with opposition from residents due to concerns it could pose a health risk and be an eyesore. The proposed facility would handle 30,000 tonnes of waste a year. BBC News reported that it was controversial with residents in Tormarton too.
The former manor house, now Manor Farmhouse, is south-west of the church. Originally the home of the St Loe family of Tormarton and Sutton Court at Chew Magna, it was later owned by the de la Riviere family. Dating from c.1350, the house was enlarged to the rear in the next century and further added to and altered in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.
Tormarton Court is a Grade II listed Georgian rectory, now a house. The manor house at West Littleton, from c.1500 with later alterations, is Grade II* listed.
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