| St Tudy | |
| Cornish: Eglostudi | |
St Tudy |
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St Tudy
St Tudy shown within Cornwall |
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| OS grid reference | SX06557641 |
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| Unitary authority | Cornwall |
| Ceremonial county | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BODMIN |
| Postcode district | PL30 |
| Dialling code | 01208 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | North Cornwall |
| List of places: UK • England • Cornwall | |
St Tudy (Cornish: Eglostudi) is a civil parish and village in north Cornwall, United Kingdom. The village is situated in the River Camel valley approximately five miles northeast of Wadebridge.[1]
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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.[2] The tower has three stages, is 64 feet high, and is topped with battlements and pinnacles, there are five bells.[3] It is Grade I listed.[4] In the churchyard is a pre-Norman coped stone with carving.[5]
Notable people from St Tudy include: William Bligh, naval officer; Eddie George, former governor of the Bank of England; Oscar Kempthorne, statistician and geneticist at Iowa State University; and Richard Lower, early experimenter in blood transfusion.
Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:St_Tudy St Tudy] at Wikimedia Commons
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