Cody was a real character and had that American "Can Do" blood in his veins.
"Samuel Cody, the aviation pioneer and the first man to fly a heavier-than-air machine in the British Isles, lived for the last two years of his life at Ash Vale. His house - 'Valecroft' - at the junction of Frimley Road and Lysons Avenue, bears a blue commemorative plaque."
http://www.earlyaviators.com/ecodysam.htm
He was a Farnborough man in terms of his sprit.