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Adeney Adeney is a hamlet in the English county of Shropshire, in the civil parish of Edgmond. Its name was formerly also spelt Adney, and derives from an Old English name meaning "Eadwynne's island".Raven, M. ''A Guide to Shropshire'', 2005, p.10 It ...

. Notable people with this surname include: *

Bernard Adeney Bernard Adeney (2 August 1878 – 4 April 1966) was an English painter and textile designer. He was a founding member of the London Group, an artists' exhibiting society, and was its president from 1921 to 1923. Between 1930 and 1947, he was ...

(1878–1966), English painter * Chris Adeney, Canadian singer-songwriter better known by his stage name

Wax Mannequin Wax Mannequin is the stage name of Chris Adeney,"The Joy ...

David Howard Adeney David Howard Adeney (3 November 1911 – 11 May 1994) was a British Protestant Christian missionary and university evangelist in Hunan, China and East Asia. He served with the China Inland Mission (CIM), InterVarsity Fellowship, and Internation ...

(1911–1994), British missionary to China *

Richard Adeney Richard Gilford Adeney (25 January 1920 – 16 December 2010) was a British flautist who played principal flute with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the English Chamber Orchestra, was a soloist and a founding member of the Melos Ensemble. ...

(1920–2010), English flautist *

Walter Frederic Adeney Walter Frederic Adeney (14 March 1849 – 1 September 1920) was an English Congregational churches, Congregationalist minister, Christian theology, theologian, and biblical studies, biblical scholar. Born in Ealing in 1849, he was educated at New ...

(1849–1920), English biblical scholar

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