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Do you live in Ladyhart?
PJS AUTO SERVICES
by Sidney Ball.
UNIT 1
RIVER RAY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE The Swindon Western Expansion has taken
in much of Lydiard Tregoze and some of Lydiard
BARNFIELD ROAD, SWINDON
Millicent. Hundreds of families now live in what
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was previously LYDIARD, a place-name so old
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that nobody knows its derivation. The most
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likely meaning is 'a gap under the hills'. There
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are several other places in England and in Wales
with the name Lydiard, or a similar name; nearly
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all these are under a hill or hills.
614442 OR IN THE EVENINGS 615435.
Through the centuries there have been many
spellings of our Lydiard. In Doomesday Book,
published just 900 years ago (1086), Lydiard
CHELTENHAM Tregoze was LEDIAR and Lydiard Millicent was
LIDIARDE. The many other different spellings
WINDOWS have included Lidgeard, Lydyerd, Lidiart, Luydearc
Liddiard, Luddyard and Lidewert.
The Specialists in Replacement Windows, Doors These varied spellings of placenames - and
and Secondary Double Glazing - of surnames - occured in bygone times when few
OUR PRODUCTS: Manufactured in our own factory at Cheltenham people could read or write. The clerks often took
and backed by 15 years expertise in the replacement down writings dictated to them; they spelt names
window industry.
as these sounded.
OUR FITTERS: Craftsmen with apprenticeships in carpentry and
joinery, directly employed by our Company. Their standard of
work is second to none with many years experience in their trade. The most unusual name for Lydiard that I
have seen is LADYHART. This is from a docu-
OUR GUARANTEE: Satisfaction. No deposit or payment until after
installation and complete satisfaction, ment dated 'the twenty-first year of the reign
10-Year Guarantee on parts, labour and < C^ of King Edward'. As this was Edward I, the year
good after-sales service. would be 1293. The spelling L ady krtrt looks odd
Tel. SWINDON 21506 to us; but say it out loud, and it sounds like
or Lydiard. We can imagine the clerk in 1293 writ-
CHELTENHAM 571753 -ing down what he thought the correct spelling.
So, although you did not know it, many of
you live in LADYHART!
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