Tudor settlement around old order and school with open space (8)
I believe the answer is:
outdoors
'open space' is the definition.
'outdoors' can be an answer for 'open' (thesaurus). I'm not certain of the 'space' bit.
'tudor settlement around old order and school' is the wordplay.
'settlement' indicates anagramming the letters.
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'old order' becomes 'oo' (this might be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'school' becomes 's'.
'tudor' with letters rearranged gives 'outdr'.
'outdr' enclosing 'oo' is 'outdoor'.
'outdoor'+'s'='OUTDOORS'
'with' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for outdoors that I've seen before include "abroad" , "Alfresco" , "In the open air" , "Is that great?" , "Al fresco" .)