Sidney Oldall Addy
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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 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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- 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)
- Church and Manor: A Study in English Economic History (1913)
- The Evolution of the English House
- Folk Tales and Superstitions
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- ^ a b c d "Obituary: Sidney Oldall Addy". The Times: pp. 7. 18 November 1933. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Times/1933/Obituary/Sidney_Oldall_Addy. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
- ^ United Kingdom Census 1871
- ^ Simpson, Jacqueline; Roud, Steve. "Addy, Sidney Oldall". A Dictionary of English Folklore. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192100191. OCLC 44737169.
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