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Addey (other)
Addey is a surname. People with this surname include: * John Addey (shipbuilder) (1550–1606), English shipwright * John Addey (astrologer) (1920–1982), English astrologer See also * Addey and Stanhope School, Deptford, London, England - named for the shipbuilder *Addy (other) Addy may refer to: *Addy (surname) *Addy, Washington, US, an unincorporated community *Addy Awards, advertising competition *Zack Addy, fictional character in the television series ''Bones'' *Addy Walker, a doll from the American Girl series *Adde ... * Addie (other) {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Addey (shipbuilder)
John Addey (1550 – 16 April 1606) was a master shipwright at Deptford Dockyard. Addey left £200 to the poor of Deptford which was invested in land on Church Street and provided an income to maintain a school in Deptford; his will also mentioned London's Shipwrights Hall. The Addey School was built in 1821 and enlarged in 1862. It amalgamated with Dean George Stanhope's School to form Addey and Stanhope School, and moved to New Cross New Cross is an area in south-east London, England, south-east of Charing Cross in the London Borough of Lewisham and the London_postal_district#List_of_London_postal_districts, SE14 postcode district. New Cross is near St Johns, London, St Jo ... Road in 1899. Addey was buried iSt Nicholas Churchin Deptford and there are plaques dedicated to him on the exterior north wall. :"The above named John Addey by his will gave to his executor two hundred pounds to procure a perpetual annuity towards the relief of the poor people of Deptford to las ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Addey (astrologer)
John Michael Addey (15 June 1920 – 27 March 1982) was an English astrologer. Biography John Addey was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire in the UK on 15 June 1920 at 8.15 am and died at the Royal Homeopathic Hospital, London at 5.17 pm on 27 March 1982. He attended Ackworth School (in Pontefract, Yorkshire): Ackworth was a Quaker School, although the Addey family were not Quakers themselves, and Addey was much influenced by the spirit of Quakerism – he was a conscientious objector during the second world war – and was later to marry a Quaker. During his time at Ackworth he showed some talent for poetry, but more so for sports: he was captain of most of the various sports teams organised by the school. He was head boy before leaving in 1939 and going on to Cambridge where he read English literature.Astrological Journal, Vol. 24, no. 3, Summer 1982, Astrological Association, 1982. He left university and joined the Friends Ambulance Unit. While working there, he was str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Addey And Stanhope School
Addey and Stanhope School is a voluntary-aided, co-educational secondary school, located in Lewisham, London, England. It is a former grammar school with origins dating to 1606. The headmistress is currently Jan Shapiro. History The Addey School The School's origins date to 1606 when John Addey (1550–1606), Master shipwright at Deptford Dockyard, having made his fortune in shipbuilding, left £200 to help the poor of Deptford; this money was then invested in land and the rent from that land was to be given away as charity. This amounted to 40 shillings each, per annum given to 100 parishioners of Deptford. However, in 1820 the trustees felt that this type of poor relief encouraged fecklessness and instead decided to found the Addey School in 1821 on Church Street, Deptford. 'A Topographical Dictionary of England' (1848) it is explained that the Addey School "by direction of the court of chancery, erected a spacious building containing two large schoolrooms, with houses for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Addy (other)
Addy may refer to: *Addy (surname) *Addy, Washington, US, an unincorporated community *Addy Awards, advertising competition *Zack Addy, fictional character in the television series ''Bones'' *Addy Walker, a doll from the American Girl series *Adderall, a drug for ADHD and narcolepsy *Adamantite, an imaginary rock or mineral of impenetrable hardness See also *Addey (other), a surname *Addie (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |