That's a tawdry theory.
Richard
--On 11 April 2005 09:38 +0100 Keith Briggs <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> While on the subject of Ely, here is an amusing quote from Babington's
> "Ancient Cambridgeshire" (1883):
>
> On p 79, referring to Aldreth, he says: "It need scarcely be added that
> this name is a corruption of Etheldreda, the foundress of the Abbey of
> Ely."
>
> Keith
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