'Addington' is a
village and
civil parish in
Buckinghamshire,
United Kingdom, about 2 miles west of
Winslow and 3 miles south east of
Buckingham. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 145.
First recorded as ''Edintone'' in the
Domesday Book of
1086, its name means ''Eadda's Estate''. Nearby
Adstock is named after the same person. The manor at that time was in the possession of
Odo, Bishop of Bayeux.
A notable building in the village is the Mansion House, which is a
19th century building on the site of the much older manor. The former manor house was used twice during the
English Civil War as the national headquarters of the
Parliamentarian forces.
During the
Second World War from
1940 to
1945 Addington House was the residence of the Cigna, Moravec, Strankmuller and Tauer families of the
Czechoslovak Military Intelligence staff under Colonel
František Moravec, who planned the assassination of
Reinhard Heydrich. The
President of Czechoslovakia Edvard Beneš resided at The Abbey in nearby
Aston Abbotts.
The parish church is dedicated to
St. Mary the Virgin.
Reference
★ Neil Rees "The Secret History of The Czech Connection - The Czechoslovak Government in Exile in London and Buckinghamshire" compiled by Neil Rees, England, 2005. ISBN 0-9550883-0-5
External links
★
Czechoslovak Government in Exile Research Society
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