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Loads Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Brampton

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , cf. le Ledes (sic)1384 DbCh , le Lodes 1559, 1571Ct , Loades 1604 ib , cf. la Lade c. 1240 RegAnt (p) , ' water-course ' , v. (ge)lād , the plural being perhaps explained by the fact that the unnamed stream here has two small tributaries .