Editing Addington, London (section)

===New Addington===
Around 1805 parts of the estate covering what is now New Addington were sold to John Cator of Beckenham Place, including Castle Hill Farm. Cator left this to George and Henry Sparkes in his Will in 1806, citing "Addington recently acquired from ..... Trecothick" but the land appears as part of the Cator estates in an 1825 private Act of Parliament allowing the Cators to sell the land, as John Barwell Cator was transferring the main estate holdings to [[Woodbastwick]] in Norfolk.<ref>Will of John Cator, 1825 private Act of Parliament.</ref>

[[File:Addington Palace1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|[[Addington Palace]], listed at grade II*<ref name="NHLE">{{National Heritage List for England| num=1358819 |desc=Addington Palace (Royal School of Church Music) |grade=II* |access-date=7 December 2015}}</ref>]]
In the 20th century, technological advances and population growth in the region led to many changes in the way of life for people in Addington. At the beginning of the century, Addington was in the county of [[Surrey]], which had established urban and rural districts to provide services matched to the needs of the differing communities. The parish of Addington was transferred to [[Godstone Rural District]] on abolition of [[Croydon Rural District]] in 1915. Subsequently, Addington parish was absorbed by the [[County Borough of Croydon]] in 1925. Since 1965 the county borough has been part of the London Borough of Croydon within highly urbanized Greater London, which ended over 900 years of administration by the county of Surrey.

[[New Addington]] was developed to the south of the existing village from the 1930s onwards.

There are still several old houses and buildings in Addington and, even though there has been some fairly modern building, the village atmosphere is intact in the 21st century, despite its being in [[Greater London]]. There is a blacksmith's forge, dating from around 1740, now mainly making ornamental ironwork.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.croydononline.org/history/heritage/old_forge.asp|title=Online communities|date=22 January 2016}}</ref>
The hunt used to meet outside the pub, ''The Cricketers'' which has reverted to its former name once again after a temporary change of name. The village [[co-operative]] store and post office is now a private house.