Thomas Streatfeild

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. 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much time to a history of Kent but only one volume was ever published (Hundred of Blackheath) – some 50 volumes of his unpublished material are lodged in the British Museum.