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Survey of English Place-Names

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Ladycroft

Early-attested site in the Parish of Gloucester

Historical Forms

  • Leuedycroft(e) c.1280,1342,1369 GlR
  • Leuydicroft(e) 1317 ib
  • Lady(e) Crofte 1543 MinAcct 1546 1553 AOMB

Etymology

Ladycroft (lost), Leuedycroft (e )c. 1280, 1342, 1369 GlR, Leuydicroft (e )1317 ib, Lady (e ) Crofte 1543MinAcct , 1546 ib, 1553AOMB . 'The lady's enclosure', v. hlǣfdige , croft ; it was outside the north wall near Feet Lane .