Addington, Kent

Addington
Addington
	Addington Location within Kent
Population	769 (2011 Census)
District	Tonbridge and Malling;
Shire county	Kent;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	West Malling
Postcode district	ME19
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Tonbridge and Malling;
	List of places UK England Kent 51°17′53″N 0°21′07″E / 51.298°N 0.352°E

Addington is a village in the English county of Kent. It is close to the M20 motorway, and between the villages of Wrotham Heath and West Malling. In the Domesday Book of 1086 it is called Eddintune. The meaning of the village's name is "Æddi's (or Eadda's) estate".^[2] The village is notable for the long barrows, Neolithic chamber tombs. Its parish covers a little under 700 acres (2.8 km²), containing 291 houses. Addington Brook runs through the parish.

^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
^ "Kent place names". BBC. Retrieved 9 March 2008.

[1] "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

[BBC-2] "Kent place names". BBC. Retrieved 9 March 2008.

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Addington

Addington Location within Kent
Population	769 (2011 Census)^[1]
District	Tonbridge and Malling
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	West Malling
Postcode district	ME19

Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast

UK Parliament	Tonbridge and Malling
List of places UK England Kent 51°17′53″N 0°21′07″E / 51.298°N 0.352°E / 51.298; 0.352