Tuffley

Coordinates: 51°50′06″N 2°15′24″W / 51.835048°N 2.256743°W / 51.835048; -2.256743

Tuffley is one of the 15 wards of the City of Gloucester. The ward, which is non-parished and situated near Robinswood Hill toward the south of the city has services including schools, shops and a park.

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 of 1086 as 'Tuffelege', which suggests a meaning of Tuffa's farm, with Tuffa being an Anglo-Saxon personal name. To this was added the suffix 'leah,' meaning a fenced enclosure or farm.

In 1900, Lower Tuffley was moved into the Parish of Quedgeley.

Poverty and crime

According to some recent geography surveys, the deprivation rate for Tuffley, compared to the whole of Gloucester, is low, and the crime rate is also low, compared to inner city wards. However, the Tuffley ward is of general decay, and many of the central areas such as The Homleigh Parade showing their age, having been built in the 60's and very much of the then popular concrete brutalist design.