Reminds me of a charming fantasy novel I read in my youth, "Lud - in - the Mist" by Hope Mirrlees, originally published in 1926. A respectable burgher of a somewhat staid village set in a rustic sort of medieval world, sets out for Fairyland on the western border and changes ensue. I believe it has been republished a few times since I read it in the 60's! Rich Singleton -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Paul Luddington" <pluddington007@tiscali.co.uk> > 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