William Wilkinson Addison
William Wilkinson Addison | |
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 Plaque to William Addison at Loughton | |
| Born | 4 April 1905 Mitton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 1 November 1992 (aged 87) Epping Forest,[a] Essex, England |
| Nationality | British |
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Sir William Wilkinson Addison (4 April 1905 – 1 November 1992) was an English historian, writer and jurist. He is significant for his research and books on Essex and East Anglian subjects.
Biography
William Addison was born in 1905 at Mitton, now in the Ribble Valley of Lancashire, England.[b] His direct ancestors were from King's Meaburn—then Westmorland, now Cumbria—and were 14th-century tenants from Grasmere to Bowness. The Addison family were borough administrators and recorders at Clitheroe, one a Constable of Lancaster Castle, and supported the restoration of parish churches and two grammar schools, one of which, Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, William Addison attended.[1][2]
After Addison's marriage in 1929 to Phoebe Dean, daughter of Robert Dean of
Addison was a
William Addison wrote twenty books on historic aspects and prominent people of East Anglia, Essex, and Epping Forest, and wrote poems from 1936 to his death in his eighty-seventh year. He owned a bookshop at 169 High Road, Loughton, which is marked by a blue plaque.[1][3]
Publications
- 1945 – Epping Forest. Its literary and historical associations, J. M. Dent
- 1947 – The English Country Parson, J. M. Dent
- 1949 – Essex Heyday, J. M. Dent
- 1950 – Suffolk, Robert Hale - County Books Series
- 1951 – English Spas, Pavilion Books
- 1951 – Worthy Dr. Fuller, J. M. Dent
- 1953 – Audley End, etc. With special reference to the Howard family, J. M. Dent
- 1953 – English Fairs and Markets, Batsford
- 1954 – Thames Estuary, Robert Hale - Regional Books Series
- 1955 – In the Steps of Charles Dickens, Rich & Cowan
- 1973 – Essex Worthies: a Biographical Companion to the County, ISBN 0850330807
- 1973 – Wanstead Park, Corporation of London
- 1977 – Portrait of Epping Forest, Robert Hale - ISBN 0709161301
- 1977 – Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge and Epping Forest Museum, Conservators of Epping Forest
- 1978 – Understanding English Surnames, Batsford. ISBN 0713405651
- 1979 – Understanding English Place Names, Batsford. ISBN 0713402954
- 1980 – The Old Roads of England, ISBN 0713417145
- 1982 – Local Styles of the English Parish Church, Batsford. ISBN 0713425644
- 1986 – Farmhouses in the English Landscape, Robert Hale. ISBN 070902813X
- 1991 – Epping Forest: Figures in a Landscape, Robert Hale. ISBN 0709043872
- 2002 – Addison William; Winter Forest and Other Poems, editor: Richard Morris; illustrator: Clare Eastwood; Corporation of London (published posthumously). ISBN 0852030762
Notes
References
- ^ ISBN 0904920232
- ^ a b c Morris, Richard; "Sir William Addison (1905-1992) – a retrospective" in Loughton and District Historical Society: Newsletter 165, March/April 2005, pp.3-5
- ^ a b c "Epping's historical figures to be remembered", Waltham Forest Guardian, 24 March 2014. Retrieved April 2015
- ISBN 1846945879
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