English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

The Look Out

Other OS name in the Parish of Arne

Historical Forms

  • North Ludcrofte, the Souther Ludcrofte 1624 DCMDeed

Etymology

, a house on the Wareham - Corfe C . road . Ludcroft ( lost ) , 1774 Hutch1 , 1861 Hutch3 , North Ludcrofte , the Souther Ludcrofte 1624DCMDeed , perhaps the ME  surname Lude ( common in Do in 1332 SR ) , v. croft , norð , sūðerra ; it is described by Hutch 3 1 101 as ' a farm in Stowborough tithing, on the east ' .