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Thomas Streatfeild matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford on 19 May 1795 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1799.
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He lived on both sides of the Surrey Kent border, but is best known for his extensive research on the history of Kent. Whilst at Tatsfield in Surrey he bought land in the adjoining parish of Westerham, Kent and built a house there – Chart’s Edge – to his own design in 1822. He devoted much time to a history of Kent but only one volume was ever published (Hundred of Blackheath) – some 50 volumes of his unpublished material are lodged in the British Museum.
He was also a skilled artist and he completed a number of wood engravings and drawings for the History.
As well as being a historian and writer, Thomas Streatfeild was an Anglican clergyman. He was first Curate at Street Mary's, Long Ditton, Surrey, and at that time chaplain to the Duke of Kent and later Curate of Street Mary the Virgin, Tatsfield, Surrey.
He altered and repaired the little church at Tatsfield by subscription in 1838, including the tower and porch at his own expense. The following inscription can be found in the porch “Be it remembered that the masonry of this porch and tower is the free gift of the Review
T. Streatfeild, of Chart’s Edge, Curate, 1838.
Thomas Barrett, Timothy Ringoss, churchwardens.”
Thomas Streatfeild was the son of Sandeforth Streatfeild (1750 – 28 July 1809) and Frances Hussey (1750-1821). He had 14 children, 9 with Harriet and 5 with Clare.
