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.

Lords

Other OS name in the Parish of Bolton by Bowland

Historical Forms

  • Loud(e)s 1678,1688 PRBlt
  • Lords's 1782 PRGis
  • Loude, Lowde 16 PRBlt
  • Lord 18 ib

Etymology

, Loud (e )s 1678, 1688 PRBlt, Lords 's 1782 PRGis, named fromthe family of Loude , Lowde (16 PRBlt 4et freq ) or Lord (18 ibfreq ) .