Addington

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Addington may mean:

People

• David Addington, counsel to Dick Cheney
• Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1804
• Anthony Addington (1713-1790), physician, writer
• Stephen Addington (1729-1796), minister
• Steve Addington, NASCAR crew chief

See also Baron Addington, a title in the Peerage of the UK

Places

Addington is the name of many places. The place name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'Eadda's estate'.

• In Australia:
  • Addington, Victoria
• In Canada:
  • Addington, Ontario
  • Addington County, Ontario (now Lennox and Addington County, Ontario)
  • Addington Highlands, Ontario
  • Addington (electoral district)
• In New Zealand
  • Addington, New Zealand
• In the United Kingdom:
  • Addington, Buckinghamshire
  • Addington, Cornwall, near Liskeard
  • Addington, Kent, and Addington long barrow an archaeological site nearby
  • Addington, Lancashire, near Carnforth
  • Addington, London, formerly in Surrey, site of Addington Palace and nearby New Addington
  • Great Addington, Northamptonshire
• In the United States:
  • Addington Mill, North Carolina
  • Addington, Oklahoma
  • Addington, Virginia

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