Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• (of) ladwere c.975 ASCh

• Lodwer(e) 1221 ElyA 1445 et freq

• Lodwer(e) in Creklode 1528 Imb

• Lod(e)weres 1251 ElyCouch 1431

• Fenne called Lodwas 1553 EAix

• Lodward 1580 Imb

• Lodhouse 1587 Ct

• Lodas Fenne 1687 BLAcct

• Lot(h)ewere c.1300 Bodl 1334 Rams

• Lotquers t. Hy 3 Ct

• Ladwers 1580 Imb

• Ladus fenns 1632 Hondius

• Ladwards or Ladus Fen 1764 Ely

Etymology

'Lode (i.e. Crekelode supra 254) weir(s') fen,' v. gelād . This is the name of an extensive fen stretching into Upwell where we also have Laddus Fm. The early references describe Lodwere as a piscaria .