Tudeley is a village in the
Tunbridge Wells borough of
Kent, England.
The village is home to
All Saints' Church
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, the only church in the world that has all its windows in
stained glass
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designed by
Marc Chagall
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. The East window was commissioned by
Sir Henry and Lady D'Avigdor-Goldsmid in memory of their daughter Sarah, who died aged 21 in a boating accident in 1963. The other windows were added later, the final ones being installed in 1985, the year of Chagall's death. Today the church also hosts the Tudeley Festival, an Early Music event which has been running since 1985.
Somerhill House, which houses
The Schools at Somerhill, lies within the bounds of Tudeley.
Nature
Tudeley Woods is owned by the Hadlow Estate and managed in partnership with the
RSPB
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. It comprises restored ancient wood and
heathland, which have been connected through extensive
coppicing to open up the woodland floor and allow the woodland flowers and butterflies to flourish. The result is that there more than 1,000 species of
fungi in the woods, with
orchids intermingled with carpets of
bluebells and
primroses in spring. The coppicing allows for
charcoal burning, with the products sold locally. Free to access, car parking is restricted, whilst dogs on leads are allowed on the public footpaths and bridleways.
Future
The Tunbridge Wells Borough draft local plan published in August 2019, suggests a new town of 2,800 dwellings replacing the village and destroying 600 acres of green belt land including ancient woodland and the habitat of three European protected species. Despite vocal local concern over the destruction of green belt and agricultural land and serious transport issues
the borough council have decided to press on with their plan.
Images
File:Tudeley church window.jpg, The East Window by Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall; russian: link=no, Марк Заха́рович Шага́л ; be, Марк Захаравіч Шагал . (born Moishe Shagal; 28 March 1985) was a Russian-French artist. An early modernism, modernist, he was associated with se ...
in All Saints' church
File:Detail of Tudor gateway from Badsell.jpg, Detail of a small gateway dated 1583, inscribed TF and MF for Thomas and Mary Fane, that was at Badsell until the 1920s, and is now at Fulbeck.
References
External links
Hadlow EstateAll Saints' Church, TudeleyRSPB Tudeley WoodsTudeley FestivalSave Capel campaign groupCapel History Group
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Villages in Kent