Tudeley

Tudeley
All Saints Church
Tudeley  Tudeley shown within Kent
Civil parish	Tudeley-cum-Capel
District	Tunbridge Wells
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Tonbridge
Postcode district	TN11 0xx
Dialling code	01732
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Tonbridge and Malling
List of places UK England Kent

Coordinates: 51°11′05″N 0°19′07″E / 51.1848°N 0.3185°E

Tudeley is a village in western Kent, England.

The village is home to All Saints' Church,^[1] the only church in the world^[2] that has all its windows in stained glass designed by Marc Chagall.^[3] 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,^[4] 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.^[5]

Somerhill House, which houses The Schools at Somerhill, lies within the bounds of Tudeley.

Tudeley Woods is an RSPB owned and 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.^[6]

Photograph gallery

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  Marc Chagall window.

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  Interior, showing the altarpiece window by Marc Chagall.

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  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

1. "All Saints' Church, Tudeley". Retrieved 18 December 2009.
2. Places around the world to see Marc Chagall’s stained glass http://www.tudeley.org/downloads.htm Accessed 2009-12-03
3. The art of Marc Chagall at All Saints, Tudeley http://www.tudeley.org/chagall.htm Accessed 2009-12-03
4. Marc Chagall stained glass at All Saints, Tudeley http://www.tudeley.org/lookatthewindows.htm Accessed 2009-12-03
5. The Tudeley Festival http://www.tudeleyfestival.org.uk
6. "Tudeley Woods". RSPB. Retrieved 2 February 2014.

External links

• All Saints' Church, Tudeley
• RSPB Tudeley Woods
• Tudeley Festival