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7 unusual facts about Addlestone


Addlestone

After that, part of the site was used by Caddy's who built taxis.

For example from 1779–1803 the Duke of Bridgwater held it and from an unknown date until 1827 the British Commander-in-Chief Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, famed for the nursery rhyme, the Duke of York Column was tenant of the lands.

The UK headquarters of multinational defence company Thales Group is located in the town.

Elizabeth Whitlock

She and her husband returned to America for the years 1812–14, before settling at Addlestone, Surrey.

Elizabeth Whitlock (2 April 1761 Warrington, Lancashire – 27 February 1836 Addlestone) was a British actress, a member of the Kemble family of actors.

Feba Radio

In April 1979, an international conference was held in the newly leased UK office in Addlestone.

Norman Criddle

Norman Criddle, born in 1875 in Addlestone, Surrey, England, died in 1933 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, was an entomologist active in the early development of control strategies for agriculturally important grasshoppers (Insecta: Orthoptera) in the prairie croplands of western North America, as well as a naturalist-artist.


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