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Survey of English Place-Names

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Lord Roberts P.H.

Other OS name in the Parish of Lyddington

Etymology

( lost - now 4 Main St ) , closed 1931 - VR . Named after Earl Roberts of Kandahar ( 1832 – 1914 ) , whose successful campaign in Afghanistan in 1879 included the relief of Kandahar ; Commander - in - Chief against the Boers in South Africa 1899 – 1900 .