Addington

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Addington is a district situated 18 km south south-east of Charing Cross.

The village lay within the Anglo-Saxon administrative division of Wallington hundred. Addington is thought to be named after Edda, a Saxon. In the Domesday Book, two manors are mentioned, linked with the names Godric and Osward.

Addington Place, later known as Addington Farm and now called Addington Palace, dominates the village above the church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin Church and the 'Cricketers' pub. The manor house was situated behind the church and was the residence of the Leigh family. From this Leigh family, Pamela, Countess Mountbatten is descended. There is an oft repeated, but false account of a royal hunting lodge, "where King Henry VIII supposedly wooed Anne Boleyn, whose family owned nearby Wickham Court" by West Wickham Parish Church. However Anne Boleyn of Wickham Court was the aunt of Queen Anne.

The Palladian mansion was built in the mid-18th century by Barlow Trecothick, from Boston, Massachusetts in the United States, who returned to England and became an MP and Lord Mayor of the City of London. After his death without heirs, his nephew James Ivers (later Trecothick), also of Boston, continued his uncle's work and had the grounds laid out by Lancelot Brown. The estate was sold and eventually, as Croydon Palace became too inconvenient and unsanitary, the Addington house and part of the estate was bought for the Archbishops of Canterbury as a country residence. The last Archbishop to use it was Archbishop Benson.

There are still several old houses and buildings in Addington and, even though there has been some fairly modern building, the village atmosphere is intact in the 21st century, despite its being in Greater London. There is a blacksmith's forge, still mainly making ornamental ironwork. The hunt used to meet outside the pub, The Cricketers which has reverted to its former name once again after a temporary change of name. The village co-operative store and post office is now a private house.

Addington Village tram stop opened in 2000.


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Lewis   
Added: 27 Jul 2021 20:48 GMT   

Ploy
Allotment

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LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT


Steve   
Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:42 GMT   

Road construction and houses completed
New Charleville Circus road layout shown on Stanford’s Library Map Of London And Its Suburbs 1879 with access via West Hill only.

Plans showing street numbering were recorded in 1888 so we can concluded the houses in Charleville Circus were built by this date.

Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London

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Steve   
Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:04 GMT   

Charleville Circus, Sydenham: One Place Study (OPS)
One Place Study’s (OPS) are a recent innovation to research and record historical facts/events/people focused on a single place �’ building, street, town etc.

I have created an open access OPS of Charleville Circus on WikiTree that has over a million members across the globe working on a single family tree for everyone to enjoy, for free, forever.

Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London

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Charles   
Added: 8 Mar 2024 20:45 GMT   

My House
I want to know who lived in my house in the 1860’s.

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NH   
Added: 7 Mar 2024 11:41 GMT   

Telephone House
Donald Hunter House, formerly Telephone House, was the BT Offices closed in 2000

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Paul Cox   
Added: 5 Mar 2024 22:18 GMT   

War damage reinstatement plans of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street
Whilst clearing my elderly Mothers house of general detritus, I’ve come across original plans (one on acetate) of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street. Might they be of interest or should I just dispose of them? There are 4 copies seemingly from the one single acetate example. Seems a shame to just junk them as the level of detail is exquisite. No worries if of no interest, but thought I’d put it out there.

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Diana   
Added: 28 Feb 2024 13:52 GMT   

New Inn Yard, E1
My great grandparents x 6 lived in New Inn Yard. On this date, their son was baptised in nearby St Leonard’s Church, Shoreditch

Source: BDM London, Cripplegate and Shoreditch registers written by church clerk.

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Vic Stanley   
Added: 24 Feb 2024 17:38 GMT   

Postcose
The postcode is SE15, NOT SE1

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Gillian   
Added: 17 Feb 2024 00:08 GMT   

No 36 Upper East Smithfield
My great great grandfather was born at No 36 Upper East Smithfield and spent his early years staring out at a "dead wall" of St Katharine’s Docks. His father was an outfitter and sold clothing for sailors. He describes the place as being backed by tenements in terrible condition and most of the people living there were Irish.

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Addington Village Road, CR0 Addington Village Road is a road in the CR0 postcode area
Baker Boy Lane, CR0 Baker Boy Lane is a pathway in the Addington area (Addington)
Bardolph Avenue, CR0 Bardolph Avenue is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)
Belfield, CR0 Belfield is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)
Bellfield, CR0 Bellfield is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)
Bowens Wood, CR0 A street within the CR0 postcode (Addington)
Broadcoombe, CR2 Broadcoombe is a road in the CR2 postcode area (Addington)
Broadcoombe, CR2 Broadcoombe is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)
Brookscroft, CR0 Brookscroft is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)
Bygrove, CR0 Bygrove is a road in the CR0 postcode area (New Addington)
Cascades, CR0 Cascades is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)
Charlwood, CR0 Charlwood is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)
Copse View, CR2 Copse View is a road in the CR2 postcode area (Addington)
Court Wood Grove, CR0 Court Wood Grove is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)
Court Wood Lane, CR0 A street within the CR0 postcode (Addington)
Courtwood Lane, CR0 Courtwood Lane is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)
Crofters Mead, CR0 A street within the CR0 postcode (Addington)
Crossways Parade, CR2 A street within the CR2 postcode (Addington)
Crossways, CR2 Crossways is a road in the CR2 postcode area (Addington)
East Gorse, CR0 East Gorse is a named pathway just inside Greater London (Addington)
Edgecoombe, CR2 Edgecoombe is a road in the CR2 postcode area (Addington)
Fairacres, CR0 Fairacres is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)
Falconwood Road, CR0 Falconwood Road is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)
Farleigh Dean Crescent, CR0 Farleigh Dean Crescent is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)
Farnborough Avenue, CR2 Farnborough Avenue is a road in the CR2 postcode area (Addington)
Farnborough Crescent, CR2 Farnborough Crescent is a road in the CR2 postcode area (Addington)
Featherbed Lane, CR0 Featherbed Lane is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)
Featherbed Lane, CR0 Featherbed Lane is a road in the RM4 postcode area (Addington)
Forge Mews, CR0 Forge Mews is a road in the CR0 postcode area
Freelands Avenue, CR2 Freelands Avenue is a road in the CR2 postcode area (Addington)
Friars Wood Pixton Way, CR0 A street within the CR0 postcode (Addington)
Friars Wood, CR0 A street within the CR0 postcode (Addington)
Friarswood, CR0 Friarswood is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)
Hartscroft, CR0 A street within the CR0 postcode (Addington)
Heather Way, CR2 Heather Way is a road in the CR2 postcode area (Addington)
Heathfield Vale, CR0 Heathfield Vale is a road in the CR2 postcode area (Addington)
Hollywoods, CR0 Hollywoods is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)
Holmbury Grove, CR0 Holmbury Grove is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)
Huntingfield, CR0 Huntingfield is a road in the CR2 postcode area (Addington)
Huntingfield, CR0 Huntingfield is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)
Inglewood, CR0 Inglewood is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)
Kent Gate Way, CR0 Kent Gate Way is a road in the CR0 postcode area
Kent Gate Way, CR0 Kent Gate Way is a road in the CR2 postcode area
Kent Gate Way, CR0 Kent Gate Way is a road in the BR4 postcode area
Kerr Close, CR2 Kerr Close is a road in the CR2 postcode area (Addington)
Ladygrove, CR0 A street within the CR0 postcode (Addington)
Langfords Way, CR0 Langfords Way is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)
Linton Glade, CR0 Linton Glade is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)
Lodge Lane, CR0 Lodge Lane is a road in the CR0 postcode area (New Addington)
Lomond Gardens, CR2 Lomond Gardens is a road in the CR2 postcode area (Addington)
Markfield, CR0 Markfield is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)
Middle Gorse, CR0 Middle Gorse is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)
Middlefields, CR0 Middlefields is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)
Moss Gardens, CR2 A street within the CR2 postcode (Addington)
New Place, CR0 New Place is a road in the CR0 postcode area
Newlands Woods, CR0 Newlands Woods is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)
Osward, CR0 Osward is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)
Palace Green, CR0 Palace Green is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)
Pennycroft, CR0 A street within the CR0 postcode (Addington)
Pioneer Place, CR0 Pioneer Place is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)
Pixton Way, CR0 Pixton Way is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)
Rawlins Close, CR2 Rawlins Close is a road in the CR2 postcode area (Addington)
Roxton Gardens, CR0 Roxton Gardens is a road in the CR0 postcode area
Selsdon Park Road, CR0 Selsdon Park Road is a road in the CR2 postcode area (Addington)
Selsdon Park Road, CR0 Selsdon Park Road is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)
Shepherds Way, CR2 Shepherds Way is a road in the CR2 postcode area (Addington)
Silverwood Close, CR0 Silverwood Close is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)
Sorrel Bank, CR0 Sorrel Bank is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)
Tedder Road, CR2 Tedder Road is a road in the CR2 postcode area (Addington)
The Forestdale Centre, CR0 A street within the CR0 postcode (Addington)
The Green, CR0 The Green is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)
The Wicket, CR0 The Wicket is a road in the CR0 postcode area
Viney Bank, CR0 Viney Bank is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)
Warren Avenue, CR2 Warren Avenue is a road in the CR2 postcode area (Addington)
Woodpecker Mount, CR0 Woodpecker Mount is a road in the CR0 postcode area (Addington)

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