St Tudy
| St Tudy | |
| Cornwall | |
|---|---|
 St Tudy | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SX06557641 |
| Location: | 50°33’18"N, 4°43’52"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Bodmin |
| Postcode: | PL30 |
| Dialling code: | 01208 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cornwall |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Cornwall |
St Tudy is a village in north Cornwall, standing beside the River Camel, in its valley approximately five miles northeast of Wadebridge.
The village is mentioned as having a cattle fair in Owen's book of fairs 1788.[1]
Notable houses
There was formerly a manor house at Tinten and the chapel may still be recognized. It has been reused as a barn and has a 15th-century window.[2] Other small former manor houses in the parish are Hengar, which was destroyed by a fire in 1904 (in 1906 it was rebuilt in Elizabethan style); Lamellen, Tremeer and Wetherham.[3] One of the most well-known of Thomas Rowlandson's paintings is "Hengar House the seat of Matthw Mitchell [sic] Esqr., Cornwall" (1812) which was sold at the sale of the estate of Sir Richard Onslow at Sotheby's on 15 July 1959. Henlgar was a country seat of the Onslows.[4]
Parish church
The parish church is dedicated to St Tudy of Landevennec or Tudius. It was restored in 1873.
There was a Norman church here but the present structure is of the Perpendicular period. There are two aisles the arcades of which are identical. [3] The tower has three stages, is 64 feet high, and is topped with battlements and pinnacles; there are five bells.[5] The church is a Grade I listed building.[6]
In the churchyard is a pre-Norman coped stone with carving, possibly a rare hogback tomb. [7][8]
Notable people
Notable people from St Tudy include: William Bligh, naval officer; Edward George, former governor of the Bank of England; Oscar Kempthorne, statistician and geneticist at Iowa State University; Richard Lower, early experimenter in blood transfusion; Humphrey Nicholls, MP for Bodmin; and Vice Admiral Sir Louis Le Bailly who led a campaign for the local pub to be renamed after William Bligh.[9]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ "Owen's New Book of Fairs: Published by the King's Authority. Being a ... : William Owen : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive". archive.org. 2014. https://archive.org/details/owensnewbookfai00owengoog. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Cornwall, 1951; 1970 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09589-0page 221
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Cornwall, 1951; 1970 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09589-0
- ↑ "Sir William and Lady Onslow". The Cornishman (66): p. 6. 16 October 1879.
- ↑ Information on St Tudy from GENUKI
- ↑ National Heritage List 1162144: St Tudy's Church
- ↑ "myADS". Archaeology Data Service. http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-721-1/dissemination/pdf/southwes1-131402_1.pdf. Retrieved 2015-10-23.
- ↑ Pevsner (1970)
- ↑ "Vice-Admiral Sir Louis Le Bailly - Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph (London: Telegraph Media Group). SSN 0307-1235. OCLC 49632006. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/8084056/Vice-Admiral-Sir-Louis-Le-Bailly.html. Retrieved 4 December 2014.