Sidney Oldall Addy
Sidney Oldall Addy (9 January 1848 – 15 November 1933) was an English author of books on folklore and history.[1] He was born in Norton, Derbyshire, to James Addy, a coal merchant and landowner. and his wife Sarah.[2] He studied classics at Lincoln College, Oxford, before becoming a solicitor.[1] In 1899 he married Mary Golden Parkin.[1]
As well as publishing many books on history and folklore he was known for contributing papers to antiquarian journals[1] and for his letters to Notes and Queries.[3] He also wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography.
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- An account of Winfield Manor in Derbyshire, with James Croston (1885)
- Historical Memorials of Beauchief Abbey (1887)
- A glossary of words used in the neighbourhood of Sheffield (1888)
- The Hall of Waltheof (1893)
- Household Tales and Traditional Remains (1895)
- The Evolution of the English House (1898)
- Church and Manor: A Study in English Economic History (1913)
- Folk Tales and Superstitions
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