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Edington (3256 words) |
 | Moving his standards thence the next morning, he came to a place called Edington, and with a close shield-wall fought fiercely against the whole army of the pagans; his attack was long and spirited, and finally by divine aid he triumphed and overthrew the pagans with a very great slaughter. |
| William of 'Edington' inherited the village from the abbey of Romsey. |
| William of Edington founded a college of twelve prebendaries and a dean- At the insistence of the famous Black Prince this was changed, and some Augustine monks of the order known as Bonhommes (Augstine Canons), who had a brotherhood at Ashridge' near Berkhampstead in Herts(their only settlement in the country), were introduced. |
| Edington | British History Online (7585 words) |
| Edington House, held by the Melliars and later by the Fields, lies close to the road on a long narrow plot and is built of local lias with brick chimneys. |
| Edington Manor was built by John Jeremy between 1794 and his death in 1818 and was extended in 1824 by the addition of a second floor in the rear to the designs of Richard Carver. |
| In 1209 the chapel was endowed by Sir Robert of Edington with a messuage and a croft. |
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