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.

Lode

Major Settlement in the Parish of Lode

Historical Forms

  • Lada 1154–89 AddCh
  • Lada de Bodekesham c.1251 Coleiv
  • la Lade c.1260 Bodl 1279 RH
  • Ladam 1321 Ct
  • le Lode, Lode 1345 Coleiv 1462 Pat
  • Botesham Lode 1396 Coleiv 1521 Bott
  • Bosham Load 1712 CCC
  • le Lodestrete, Lodestrete 1429 1539 MinAcct

Etymology

'Watercourse,' v. (ge)lād. Named from Bottisham Lode.