St Tudy

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Village in Cornwall, England

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::summary Village in Cornwall, England ::

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Field	Value
country	England
coordinates
static_image_name	St Tudy Village - geograph.org.uk - 788054.jpg
static_image_width	240px
static_image_caption	St Tudy
official_name	St Tudy
cornish_name	Eglostudik
website	www.sttudy.co.uk
population	604
population_ref	(2011 census)
unitary_england	Cornwall
lieutenancy_england	Cornwall
region	South West England
constituency_westminster	North Cornwall
post_town	BODMIN
postcode_district	PL30
postcode_area	PL
dial_code	01208
os_grid_reference	SX06557641
councillors	Stephen Rushworth
(C, St Issey and St Tudy)
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St Tudy () is a village and civil parish in north Cornwall, England. The village is situated in the River Camel valley approximately five miles northeast of Wadebridge.

History

The village is mentioned as having a cattle fair in Owen's book of fairs 1788.

During World War II, the US Army 60th Engineer Combat Battalion, part of the 35th Infantry Division were based at St Tudy prior to leaving for the Normandy landings via Southampton Docks.

Notable houses

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Hengar_Manor_-geograph.org.uk-_64100.jpg" caption="Hengar"] ::

There was formerly a manor house at Tinten and the chapel may still be recognised. It has been reused as a barn and has a 15th-century window. 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 Lamellen has a garden with some very large rhododendrons and cryptomerias. Between 1941 and 1962 the garden became very overgrown but after 1962 a programme of reclamation began. The garden is full of plants such as Stewartia pseudocamellia, Magnolia campbellii and Rhododendron malayanum.

Another notable garden is the garden of Tremeer which is full of rhododendrons and camellias. There are fifty colourful, evergreen Kurume hybrid azaleas sent to Cornwall from Yokohama and planted in the lawn by Major General Eric Harrison. Behind the house is a plantation of camellia varieties. Harrison has produced several varieties of rhododendron from Rhododendron impeditum and R. augustinii; these were given local names 'St Tudy', 'St Breward', 'St Merryn' and 'St Minver' (all named after local saints). The paths through the rhododendrons lead to a pond at the far end of the garden. Other notable plants in the garden are a Camellia 'Donation' and a Magnolia x veitchii.

One of the most well-known of Thomas Rowlandson's paintings is "Hengar House the seat of Matthw Mitchell Esqr., Cornwall" (1812) which was sold at the Sir Richard Onslow sale, Sotheby's, 15 July 1959. Hengar was a country seat of the Onslows.

Parish church

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The parish church is dedicated to St Tudius and 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. The tower has three stages, is 64 feet high, and is topped with battlements and pinnacles; there are six bells. It is Grade I listed. Anthony Nicholl (died 1658) is commemorated by a sumptuous memorial erected by his wife. In the churchyard is a pre-Norman coped stone with carving, possibly a rare hogback tomb.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/The_Victoria_history_of_the_county_of_Cornwall_(1906)_(14777375892).jpg" caption="Trevenning Cross]] (fig. 70) illustrated in ''The Victoria History of the County of Cornwall'' (1906)"] ::

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Trevenning Cross is at a road junction about one and a half miles northeast of the churchtown. It was found in the hedge close to its present position by J. R. Collins of Bodmin.

The bell-ringers of the village are celebrated in the song The Ringers of Egloshayle (Roud 1163).

A soldier returning from to St Tudy from World War I is reported to have planted a conker collected from Flanders near the church.{{cite book |last = Hambly |first = Hilda |title = North Cornwall Reflections |publisher = Bossiney Books | year = 1992 | page = 61 |isbn = 0-948158-79-4 }}

Notable people

Notable people from St Tudy include: William Bligh (1754–1817), naval officer; Eddie George (1938–2009), former governor of the Bank of England; Oscar Kempthorne (1919–2000), statistician and geneticist at Iowa State University; Richard Lower (c.1631–1691), an early experimenter in blood transfusion; Humphrey Nicholls (1577–1643); MP for Bodmin; and Vice Admiral Sir Louis Le Bailly (1915–2010), who led a campaign for the local pub to be renamed after William Bligh. Major-General Eric Harrison (1893–1987), served in both world wars; he was a rugby player, Olympic athlete, and later a painter; in retirement he lived at Tremeer.

Edward Byllynge (died 1687) was a colonial administrator and governor of West New Jersey from 1680, until his death in England. Byllynge owned a large section of land in New Jersey with the Quakers. He was born at Hengar.

Cornish wrestling

Cornish wrestling tournaments, for prizes, were held at Hengar Manor in the 1800s.

References

"Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin'' {{ISBN. 978-0-319-22938-5
(2014). "Owen's New Book of Fairs: Published by the King's Authority. Being a ... : William Owen : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive". archive.org.
(1945). "60th Engineer Combat Battalion: 1943-1945". United States Army.
Pevsner, N. (1970) ''Cornwall''; 2nd ed., revised by Enid Radcliffe. Harmondsworth: Penguin; p. 221
Beacham, Peter & Pevsner, Nikolaus (2014) ''Cornwall''. (The Buildings of England.) New Haven: Yale University Press; p. 605
Synge, Patrick (1977) ''The Gardens of Britain; Vol. 1: Devon and Cornwall''. London: B. T. Batsford; pp. 105-07
Synge, Patrick. (1977). "The Gardens of Britain; Vol. 1: Devon and Cornwall". [[B. T. Batsford]].
(16 October 1879). "Sir William and Lady Onslow". The Cornishman.
Pevsner, N. (1970) ''Cornwall''; 2nd ed. Penguin Books; p. 203
A sixth bell was added in 1923 see church guide book
(2012-03-25). "St Tudy". Genuki.org.uk.
{{NHLE
[http://www.caerkief.co.uk/Churches/Tudy.html] {{webarchive. link. (September 29, 2011)
"myADS". Archaeology Data Service.
Pevsner (1970)
Langdon, A. G. (1896) ''Old Cornish Crosses''. Truro: Joseph Pollard; p. 184 [https://books.google.com/books?id=oKNRswEACAAJ]
"An Old Cornish Song, The Egloshayle Ringers".
"The Egloshayle Ringers - Changeringing Wiki".
"St Tudy History Group | the War Memorial Chestnut tree".
"Vice-Admiral Sir Louis Le Bailly - Telegraph". [[The Daily Telegraph]].
Royal Cornwall Gazette, 21 September 1811.

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