Etymology

Addington

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP742286). Full definition →

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Probably from the Old English personal names *Eadda or *Æddi + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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