About Addington
Addington is a village and civil parish within the Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, about 2 miles west of Winslow and 3 miles south east of Buckingham. Addington is a small village with a population of just 150 residents. If you are single then your social options are few due to your village location. Diamond Escorts can change all this. Our gorgeous sexy Addington escorts can visit you at your home,or maybe book into one of the local hotels. The Folly Inn, at Abstock or the Swan in Winslow would be great places to meet your stunning date. Only you would know who this unbelievable girl on your arm is. She will put you at ease and make it a fun date to remember. Booking your Diamond escort is simple, take a look at our website then contact our friendly female staff who will arrange for the escort of your choice to be with you within 45 minutes.
Living in Addington, you are probably aware that Addington was used as the headquarters for the Parliamentarians twice during the Civil War, and it is thought that the ancient barn attached to Addington House, was almost certainly used by the troops. In the wall near the barn can be seen the village stocks and in the fields part of the moat can still be found.
During the First World War the House was leased as a school, after the war it became a hotel and eventually was pulled down by Mr Smith-Bingham at the beginning of the 1920s. The owners in 1978 were the Earl and Countess of Inchcape. During the Second World War Addington House, home of Smith-Bingham, was used as a residence for the Czechoslovak Military Intelligence staff and families.
Addingtons history goes back well beyond these episodes, At the time that the Domesday Book was written, Addington belonged to Odo Bishop of Bayeaux, the half brother of William the Conquerer. 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.
The parish church is dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin. The church has 3 bells, the oldest dating as far back as 1666. The Church has a Nave, Chancel, North and South Aisles, Vestry, Porch and crenellated Tower. At the right hand side of the main Altar, is a twelfth century capital and shaft which has been converted into a piscina. This had originally been stored in the vestry together with the stone slab which has been let into the Altar. The date of these two artefacts suggests that a church stood on this site in the twelfth century, and we know that the earliest Rector, when records began in 1222, was Henry de Hogginshall.
The Chancel Arch and the Tower are original fourteenth century, the Tower has unusual pillared supports. It was at this time that the North and South Aisles would have been added, and according to the records, in 1490 the tower was restored. In 1858 rebuilding work took place, which included the Porch, Aisles, and Chancel and the addition of a Vestry. The font is nineteenth century. The church now has three bells in use, and the organ which was built in 1857.