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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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Author:Sidney Oldall Addy

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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[TimesObit-0] "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.

[1] United Kingdom Census 1871

[2] Simpson, Jacqueline; Roud, Steve. "Addy, Sidney Oldall". A Dictionary of English Folklore. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192100191. OCLC 44737169.

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