Some good info there Paul. I have added it to the notes I have on our Wm of 1607-8 Ron ----- Original Message ---- From: Paul Luddington <pluddington007@tiscali.co.uk> To: Lud List <Luddington-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 9, 2007 2:12:49 PM Subject: [LUDDINGTON] Luddington 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 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LUDDINGTON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com