Jeremy Harte <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> There is also a surprisingly common pattern of Lord & Lady pairs; thus Lady Meadowe 1633
> in Wardington is paired with a Lord’s Meadowe (PN Oxon 2 p428); Lady’s Wood and Lord’s
> Wood appear on the OS in Painswick (PN Glos 1 p135); at Preston Gubbals we have a
> doublet of Lords and Lady’s Meadow on the 1840 TM, and again at Northwood we have a
> doublet of Lord’s Piece and Lady’s Piece on the 1840 TM (PN Salop 4 p159, 5 p251); and at
> Sheffield we have Lady’s Bridge and Lord’s Bridge, of which Lady’s Bridge at least goes back
> to 1595 (PN W Riding 1 p206). All these must be secular ladies.
Or "Lord" means God (= for the upkeep of the main church) and "Lady" means for the upkeep of its ladychapel.
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