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Lambert Lad

Other OS name in the Parish of Barton

Historical Forms

  • Lambart Ladd 1588 Rent212

Etymology

, a boundary stone , Lambart Ladd 1588Rent 212 , ModE  lad ' lad, boy ' is sometimes applied to boulders and crags , as in Ladstone ( s ) ( ii , 175 supra , iii , 54 , 183 ) , Lad of Law ( ib 205 ) , Lad ( ib 270 ) , etc . , but the folk - lore behind it is obscure ; the first el . is the ME  (OG ) pers.n. Lambert .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name