Toddington, Gloucestershire the Tracy family, who variously lived at Sudeley Castle, Hailes Abbey and Toddington Manor. 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. The Square, Toddington, is a residential conversion of the old stable block of the Manor House. The Square dates back to c. 1800 and was possibly built by C. Beazley for Charles Hanbury-Tracy. Toddington railway station is located in New Town and is the northern terminus of the private heritage line, the Gloucestershire
Sudeley Castle held there to celebrate the anniversary of the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1592. He is buried in the chapel, as well, as was Giles Brugge, 6th Baron Chandos. In 1877, the then owner described the castle thus: Few residences can boast a greater antiquity, or have witnessed more striking changes. A mansum, or manor-house, before the Conquest, a baronial castle in the time of Stephen, then alternately going to decay, or rising into additional magnificence, with stately towers to overlook the vale — again suffering from neglect, and once more right royally restored and beautified to receive the