Church Micro 176 - Tudeley Multi-cache
Church Micro 176 - Tudeley
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Another in the Church Micro series
All Saints Church - Tudeley
To walk into All Saints Church in Tudeley is to become part of living history. Every window is a permanent reminder of a young life lost, and of the day one of the world's most famous 20th century painters came to a tiny hamlet in the middle of Kent.
The story behind how a small village church in Tudeley, near Tonbridge, became a showcase for the work of one of the 20th Century's greatest artists is a sad one. The D'Avigdor-Goldsmid family were wealthy landowners who had lived in the area for generations.
Lady Rosemary and her two daughters were Anglicans, and worshipped at the village church, Sir Henry was a Jew. In 1963, the couple's daughter Sarah, drowned in a sailing accident off Rye, aged 21.
Her parents wanted to create a permanent memorial to Sarah, something that would reflect her personality, and their faiths.
Two years before she died, Sarah and her mother had visited Paris and both were fascinated by an exhibition at the Louvre of Marc Chagall's windows for the Hadassah Medical Centre in Jerusalem.
Chagall was Jewish too, so Sir Henry approached him and asked him to create a window in the local church in Sarah's memory.
Chagall only started working in glass in his 70s, but he rose to the challenge.
Originally the plan was only for the main window in the nave of the church to be painted, but when Chagall arrived and found that all the windows were plain glass, he painted every one.
It took him 15 years to complete the project, working from his studio in France, and the final window was installed in 1985, the year Chagall died at the age of 98.
The church is the only one in the world where all the windows are painted by Chagall, and the only other Chagall window in Britain is at Chichester Cathedral.
All Saint's Church in Tudeley is now famous all over the world and thousands of visitors pass through it's narrow doorway every year.
Apart from the Chagall windows, there are some interesting monuments in the church. The Fane tomb, although sadly damaged, is a fine example of a 16th century memorial. It commemorates a former Sheriff of Kent, George Fane (d. 1571). A brass in the chancel floor recalls Thomas Stydolf (d. 1457) with two dainty figures. Sarah d'Avigdor-Goldsmid's life and tragically early death are recalled in a finely carved tablet by Will Carter. A recent addition to the interior is a list of incumbents of Tudeley cum Capel from the 13th century (when records began), the calligraphy being by Anna Rowley
The co-ordinates above are not for the cache but for parking - of which there is ample room.
To find the cache you will have to find answers to the following clues
(1) At N51 11.091 E000 19.152 – Capel Parish Council = ABCD
(2) At N51 11.106 E000 19.131 – Labyrinth, 2 numbers together = E and FG.
The cache can be found at
N51 E F . B (Ax2 + Gx2) (E+F+G) E000 F ((Gx4)+E) . (C+E) ((Gx3)+E) ((Ax4)+D+F)
If you have time and the church is open - please take a look at the windows as mentioned above.
If any body would like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you could let Sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication
Additional Hints
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Onfr bs cbyr - haqre oevpx