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EDINGTON, HIDDEN, AND NEWTOWN, a tything in Hungerford parish, Berks; on the Kennet, adjacent to Hungerford. Real property, £2, 685. Pop., 552. Houses, 130. Either this Edington or the one in Wilts was the Ethendune of the Saxons, where Alfred, in 878, when disguised as a harper, espied and defeated the Danish forces.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a tything" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Hungerford Parish Berkshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Eddington |
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