Addiscombe
Sign in to saveAddiscombe is an area of south London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon. It is located south of Charing Cross, and is situated north of Coombe and Selsdon, east of Croydon town centre, south of Woodside, and west of Shirley.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- London
- UK place.official_name
- Addiscombe
- UK place.london_borough
- Croydon
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Croydon East
- UK place.post_town
- CROYDON
- UK place.postcode_area
- CR
- UK place.postcode_district
- CR0
- UK place.dial_code
- 020
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ345665
- UK place.charingX_distance_mi
- 9.1
- UK place.charingX_direction
- NNW
- UK place.static_image_name
- Addiscombe_sign_and_shops.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Village sign and shops on Lower Addiscombe Road
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Addiscombe is an area of south London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon. It is located south of Charing Cross, and is situated north of Coombe and Selsdon, east of Croydon town centre, south of Woodside, and west of Shirley.
==Etymology== Addiscombe as a place name is thought to be Anglo-Saxon in origin, meaning "Eadda or Æddi's estate", from an Anglo-Saxon personal name, and the word camp, meaning an enclosed area in Old English. The same Anglo-Saxon land-owner may have given his name to Addington, around two miles to the south.