A little something of intrest....... According to 'A Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-names' by the late Professor Cameron, Luddington is thought to mean 'the farmstead, village associated with or called after Luda' from the Old English personal noun Luda which is also probably the first element of Ludborough and Ludford' It is strange that Ludborough and Ludford are both near Louth, which comes from the River Lud (th and d being interchangeable in Lincolnshire - a ladder = lather for instance). Cameron says the river Lud probably means 'the loud one'. Luddington is in the Isle of Axholme, whose inhabitants were (and still are) very independent, having their own Family History Society while all other parts of 'old' Lincolnshire are covered by the Lincolnshire Family History Society! I see in the Protestation returns the surname is scattered in north Lincolnshire (Lindsey), but it must be remembered that few survive for South Lincolnshire (Kesteven). Regards Paul