Stewton is a village and

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in the

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district of

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, England. It is situated about east from the town of

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, in the

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, a designated

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. The population is included in the civil parish of Keddington. In the ''

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'' of 1086 the village is written as "Stivetone", with 19 households, 3 acres of meadow and 5 acres of woodland. The Grade II* listed parish church is dedicated to

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and dates from the 11th century, although it was rebuilt in 1866 by

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of Louth. In 1902 the west

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was added. Stewton was the birthplace of William Spavens (1735–99), whose life story 'The Seaman's Narrative' is an important historical source about life in the Royal Navy.William Spavens, 'The Narrative of W. Spavens, Chatham Pensioner, Written by Himself', Louth, 1796 In it he describes how he was forced into the Navy by a press gang but later joined a press gang himself.

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