The
Anglo-Saxon name ladbroke was established when the family resided in the village of Ladbrooke. ladbroke is a habitation name from the broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. However, one source claims that it may have originally been derived from a
personal name as in "it was the daughter of Lodbrok the Dane who wove the famous Raven Standard, which always announced victory to the Scandinavian marauders by fluttering like a living bird."
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Lowe, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print. Early Origins of the ladbroke family
The surname ladbroke was first found in
Warwickshire, at Ladbroke, a village and civil parish about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Southam in the
hundred of Knightlow.
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Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print. This ancient Saxon village dates back to 998 when it was first listed as Hlodbroc. By the time of the
Domesday Book of 1086, the place name was listed as Lodbroc.
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Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8) Literally the place name probably means "brook used for divination," from the Old English words "hlod" + "broc."
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Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4) Ladbroke Hall is a country house built late in the 17th century now converted into residential apartments.
Early History of the ladbroke family
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ladbroke Spelling Variations
Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore,
spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the ladbroke family name include Ladbrook, Ladbrooke, Ladbroke, Lodbroc, Lodbrooke, Lodbrook, Lathbrook and many more.
Early Notables of the ladbroke family (pre 1700)
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Migration of the ladbroke family to the New World and Oceana
For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for
Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the ladbroke surname or a spelling variation of the name include:
ladbroke Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
- Richard Ladbroke, who settled in Virginia in 1674
ladbroke Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
- David and Maria Ladbroke, who settled in West New Jersey in 1772
ladbroke Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century
- John Ladbroke, aged 25, a mason, who arrived in Port Nicholson aboard the ship "Gertrude" in 1841
- Mary Ladbroke, aged 24, who arrived in Port Nicholson aboard the ship "Gertrude" in 1841
- William Ladbroke, aged 23, a shepherd, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Birman" in 1842
- Eliza Ladbroke, aged 22, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Birman" in 1842
Contemporary Notables of the name ladbroke (post 1700)
- James Weller Ladbroke (d. 1847), English landowner and the principal developer of the Ladbroke Estate, nephew of Richard Ladbroke
- Richard Ladbroke, English landowner from Tadworth Court, Surrey who founded Ladbroke Estate, Notting Hill, London
- Felix Calvert Ladbroke (1771-1840), English banker and amateur cricketer