Sidwell Friends School Alumni
Sidwell may refer to: *Saint Sidwell ( la, Sativola), a British saint *St Sidwells, a church and a city center area in Exeter * Steve Sidwell, English football player with Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. *Sidwell Friends School Sidwell Friends School is a Quaker school located in Bethesda, Maryland and Washington, D.C., offering pre-kindergarten through high school classes. Founded in 1883 by Thomas W. Sidwell, its motto is ' ( en, Let the light shine out from all), al ...

Saint Sidwell
Sidwell (also known as Sidwella and other minor variants; la, Sativola) was a virgin saint from the English county of Devon, She is the patron saint of Exeter and sister to Saint Juthwara. Legend Sidwell was a Saxon Christian living in Exeterin the 8th century. Her father was a wealthy landowner named Benna, who died leaving his daughter in the care of a cruel stepmother, who was jealous of her beauty and virtue and coveted her inheritance. Sidwell often left the city to bring food to the villagers working the fields outside the city walls. The ''Catalogus Sanctorum Pausantium in Anglia'' says she was beheaded by a couple of corn reapers, hired to do so by her stepmother. They cut off her head with a scythe, and where her head came to rest, water sprang up. A shaft of light shone over the site for three nights. She was buried at St Sidwells. The story bears a striking similarity to that of both Saint Urith and Saint Juthwara of Sherborne, her supposed sister.
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St Sidwells
St Sidwell's is an area east of Exeter city centre in the ward of Newtown, Exeter, Newtown. Formerly a village in its own right, St Sidwells grew in importance along with Exeter thanks to its location on the main cart track between Exeter and the high ground of Stoke Hill and the rich farmland of East Devon. History The springs of St Sidwell's were tapped by the Roman Empire, Romans for the needs of the city and their water piped via wooden aqueduct (water supply), aqueducts to supply their citadel. This system became the underground passages of the 13th century and was only turned off in 1902. The settlement's current name derives from Saint Sidwell, a devout young girl who was beheaded by her father's farm labourers in fields outside the East gate at a site where a spring was struck and miracles began to occur. In 1665, St Sidwell's Church of England School was founded and is still there to this day as a primary school. Children's author Gene Kemp taught at the school in the ...
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Steve Sidwell
Steven James Sidwell (born 14 December 1982) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Sidwell was a product of the Arsenal academy, and after winning two FA Youth Cups, he had constructive loan spells at Brentford and Brighton & Hove Albion, but never broke into the Arsenal first team. He came to prominence in the Championship with Reading after a January 2003 move to the Royals and spent years with the club, helping them to earn promotion to the Premier League for the first time ever in 2005–06. He joined Chelsea on a free transfer for the 2007–08 season, however opportunities were limited at Stamford Bridge and he moved on to Aston Villa in July 2008 for a fee of £5 million. In his -year stay at Villa Park he played 64 times, scoring four goals. Sidwell then spent years at Fulham, making 115 appearances scoring 17 goals. His time at Craven Cottage ended after the club was relegated from the Premier League in 2013–14, and h ...
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