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- Other Steddy family info in Kent:
STEDDY, Thomas of Sellinge 1708 (Extract) Thomas Steddy of Sellinge, will dated 26 Mar 1708 Brother Henry and his child Elizabeth Gifford His mother and his sister's children Witnesses Richard Hogben, Robert Gill, John Burrige. Source: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury Vol 81 f.100, Probate 15 Apr 1708; Kent Will Transcripts S - V Pre 1858. The year listed above is the year of probate if known; http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/extr7.html#steddy -----------
57. Head - John STEDDY late of this parish who died 30th March 1829 aged 68. Also Mary relict of the above who Died 13 September 1846 aged 83. Source: Inscriptions in the Churchyard of Hinxhill, Kent. Taken August 1890; http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Libr/MIs/MIsHinxhill/01.htm
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Country: Great Britain Main Category: BRITISH MEDALS AND DECORATIONS Sub Category: SINGLE CAMPAIGN MEDALS
Description: N.G.S. bar Boat Service 1 Nov. 1809 to John Steddy. Of Ashford, Kent. B. 1791 'Ent. Navy 1808 as Sec. Cl. Vol. December 1808 as Midshipman of Tuscan. On night of 31 Oct 1809 he served with the boats of a squadron at the capture and destruction, after a fearful struggle, and a loss to the Britishof 15 killed and 55 wounded, of the French store ship Lamproie of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards Victoire and Grandeur, and armed xebec, Normande, with a convoy of seven merchant vessels, defended by several strong batteries in the Bay of Rosas. In the Autumn of 1811 he was again employed in one of Tuscan's boats, at the destruction, under circumstances of greatest danger, of two vessels laden with coffee and sugar. In July 1812, he was wounded (twice) in an attack made by boats of the Tuscan, in company with the Encounter gun-brig, upon three privateers, lying under the protection of a battery and of troops posted in houses at St. Lucar. On the latter occasion, although one of the vessels was brought out, the Encounter, having grounded, fell into the hands of the enemy, and the boats, one of which was destroyed, sustained a loss of 28, out of 43, killed and wounded.' Lieut. 1815. In 1835 he was serving in charge of a Coast Guard Station a post he was still holding in 1860 (R1219) N.E.F. Source: This item is for sale or has been offered for sale at some time in the past on the interactive website at http://www.liverpoolmedals.co.uk/medalsonline/pages/R1219.html
----------- Last Name Section STEDDY & BRIDGER Ashford &c. STEDDY Ann Dover &c. STEDDY Daniel Wye STEDDY James Canterbury &c. STEDDY James Canterbury &c. STEDDY James Canterbury &c. STEDDY Peter Dover &c. STEDDY Samuel jun. Ashford &c. STEDDY William Ashford &c. Source: Pigots 1840 Kent; http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shebra/pigots_1840_-_st.htm
ACADEMIES & SCHOOLS - not otherwise described are Day schools STEDDY Ann, 40 Strond Source: Pigots 1840 Kent, Dover&c., http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shebra/pigots_1840_-_dover_&c_.ht m
CARPENTERS STEDDY James, 67 Castle st Source: Pigots 1840 Kent, Canterbury&c., http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shebra/pigots_1840_-_canterbury_& c_1.htm
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BAKER Thomas Steddy mayor 1817, 1821 buried 11 Feb 1836 age 78. Directory of 1792 lists Thomas Steddy BAKER carpenter. [In Folkestone]; Source: Monumental Inscriptions; http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gypsy/mi.htm
SURNAME FIRST NAMES AGE DATE SOURCE Baker Thomas Steddy 78 years 11 Feb 1836 Folkestone Parish Church Source: Baker Burials in Folkestone; http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~folkestonefamilies/bakerburials.h tm
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The Village of Capel Le Ferne
There is a distinctly new look about this little village overlooking the Straits of Dover. St Radigund's church was dedicated by the Bishop of Dover as recently as 1966, its building, like that of the new primary school, made necessary by all the new development that has pretty well overwhelmed the original old village.
One of the new reminders that the place has a history is the old Norman church of St Mary. Now redundant, it seems to have been shouldered aside to dream away its dotage in a rural retirement that has little relevance to the present village that has mushroomed alongside the Folkestone-Dover road.
Yet the new church was built with a piece of stone from the ruined St Radigund's Abbey incorporated into it, a nod, at least, in direction of historical continuity, and there have been claims that the Royal Oak pub could date from 1100.
But, for the rest, a few 20th century years of WW2 have left more evidence than all the centuries before. This was the site of a gun battery, 400 feet above the Channel, from which 16-inch guns shelled Occupied France, visible on a clear day from the cliff tops. The site was fortified at a cost of
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1777 - Yes, date unknown
d. 1 Jan 1829, Folkestone, , Kent, England 
