a pile or heap; e.g. Ladhouse, Ladhill, Ladcragg, Ladrigg (the house, hill, crag, ridge of the mound or cairn), probably so named from a heap or cairn erected over the grave of some Norse leader.
LADE, or LODE (A.S.),
a way, passage, or canal; e.g. Ladbrook (the passage of the brook); Lechlade, in Gloucester (the passage of the R. Lech into the Thames); Evenlode (at brink of the passage or stream); Cricklade, anc. Crecca-gelade or Crecca-ford (the creek at the opening or entrance of the Churn and Key into the Thames).
LAEN (Teut.),
LEHEN,
land leased out, a fief; e.g. Kingsland or Kingslaen, in Middlesex, Hereford, and Orkney; Haylene (the enclosed fief), in Hereford; Lenham (the dwelling on the laen); Lenton, ditto.
LAESE (A.S.),
pasture, literally moist, wet land; e.g. Lewes, in Sussex; Lesowes, in Worcester (the wet pasture); Lewisham (the dwelling on the pasture), in Kent; Leswalt (wood pasture), in Dumfriesshire.
LAG, LUG (Gadhelic),
LÜCKE (Ger.),
a hollow, cognate with the Lat. lacus and the Grk. lakkos; e.g. Logie (the hollow), in Stirling; Logiealmond (the hollow of the R. Almond in Perth); Logie-Buchan, in Aberdeenshire; Logie-Coldstone, Gael. Lag-cul-duine (the hollow behind the fort), Aberdeen; Logie-Easter and Logie-Wester, in Cromarty; Logie Loch and Laggan Loch (the lake in the hollow); Logan (the little hollow); Logierait, Gael. Lag-an-rath (the hollow of the rath or castle, so called from the Earls of Atholl having formerly had their castle there in Perthshire); Mortlach, Co. Banff, probably meaning the great hollow. In Ireland: Legachory, Lagacurry, Legacurry (the hollow of the pit or caldron, coire); Lugduff (dark hollow); Lugnaquillia (the highest of the Wicklow mountains), is from the Irish Lug-na-gcoilleach (the hollow of the cocks, i.e. grouse); Lough Logan (the lake of the little hollow); Lagnieu, in France, anc. Lagniacum (the place in the hollow of the waters); Laconia and Lacedemonia (in the hollow), in Greece.
LANN (Gadhelic),
LLAN (Cym.-Cel.),
LAND (Teut.),