Places
Addington as a 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 Parish, New Brunswick
- Addington (electoral district)
In England:
- Addington, Bradford
- Addington, Buckinghamshire
- Addington, Cornwall
- Addington, Kent
- Addington long barrow an archaeological site nearby
- Addington, Lancashire, near Carnforth
- Addington, London, site of the following:
- Addington Palace
- Addington Park
- Addington Village tram stop
- Addington Cricket Club
- New Addington, site of the following:
- Addington Vale park
- Addington High School
- New Addington tram stop
- Addington Hills park, in Upper Shirley, formerly part of Addington
- Great Addington, Northamptonshire
In New Zealand:
- Addington, New Zealand
In the United States:
- Addington, California
- Addington Mill, North Carolina
- Addington, Oklahoma
- Addington, Virginia
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