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Rev Thomas Streatfeild MA, FSA (5 January 1777 – 17 May 1848) was a renowned antiquarian and churchman in the early 19th century descended from the historic Streatfeild family. 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. == Antiquarian == Thomas Streatfeild matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford on 19 May 1795 and graduated with a B.A. in 1799.〔Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886〕 He devoted much time to a history of Kent but only one volume was ever published (Hundred of Blackheath〔Hasted's History of Kent, corrected, enlarged, and continued to the present time, from the manuscript collections of the late Rev. Thomas Streatfeild and the late Rev. Lambert Blackwell Larking, the public records, and other sources. Edited by Henry H. Drake ... Part 1. The hundred of Blackheath. by Edward Hasted. Published in 1886, Mitchell and Hughes (London)〕) – some 50 volumes of his unpublished material are lodged in the British Museum.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.〔''The Economy of Kent, 1640-1914'' by Alan Armstrong〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Streatfeild」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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