St Tudy, Cornwall
Church of St Tudy, Cornwall dedicated to St Tudic / Uda  whose cult came from Brittany  <a href="https://www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/w1AX9AA902">www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/w1AX9AA902</a>
A 10c pre-Norman 'Coped Stone'carved with interlacing and foliage scrolls , found in the churchyard shows this was an important early Christian site.   The first known rector is of 1264,  The original building was just a nave and chancel. 

The present church was enlarged with transepts in the 14c , the southern transept being removed when the north &amp; south aisles were added in late 15c / early 16c along with the three stage tower.    (the north aisle is shorter to the west, possibly building was stopped with the advent of the Reformation)  The south porch was added shortly after. 
There is still evidence of Norman work on the north side of the nave &amp; in the surviving font 

It now consists of a chancel, nave, south aisle, and short north aisle with a door in the south wall, a priest’s door and a blocked up north door.   The tower has 5 bells. 
The 15c wagon roof was cleared of its decaying Georgian plaster in the 1873 restoration by J P St Aubyn, 
Restorations continued in 1888 when the tower was repaired, 1892 &amp; 1932 when the sanctuary was altered 
The old carved oak pews were removed to Michaelstow church in the mid-19c and replaced with pitch-pine.  ( !!! ) together with new pulpit and screen 
The first organ of 1892 has recently been completely rebuilt, much enlarged and designed to meet the current demands for a versatile instrument suitable for liturgical and concert use.   This, with the roofing in 2003  came to over £85,000.  Three rows of pews were also taken out of the west end of the nave to make more open space.

Gathered together are monuments to three generations of the 16c / 17c Nicholls family <a href="https://www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/h309vH2ZB4">www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/h309vH2ZB4</a> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/hEMz1j646L">www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/hEMz1j646L</a> and also one to Alice Denzel Reskymer 1564 &amp; her 3 daughters  <a href="https://www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/687sJ1y1x8">www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/687sJ1y1x8</a> who were all related by marriages with the local Lower family 

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