| ![Show Contents]() Ladbury Surname History
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Etymology of LadburyWhat does the name Ladbury mean? Ladbury is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in the village of Ledbury. Ladbury is a topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Early Origins of the Ladbury familyThe surname Ladbury was first found in Herefordshire, at Ledbury, a market town, lying east of Hereford, and south of the Malvern Hills. The place name dates back to the Domesday Book of 1086 where it was listed as Liedeberge and probably meant "fortified place on the River Leadon" from the Old English "burgh." 1 Early History of the Ladbury familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Ladbury research. Another 156 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1086, 1275, 1284, 1297, 1328 and 1745 are included under the topic Early Ladbury History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Ladbury Spelling VariationsSound 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 Ladbury family name include Ladbury, Ledbury, Ladebury, Ledebury, Ledebur, Ledeburi, LadBerry, Ladburie and many more. Early Notables of the Ladbury familyAnother 38 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Ladbury Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| Ladbury migration to the United States | + |
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 Ladbury surname or a spelling variation of the name include:
Ladbury Settlers in United States in the 20th Century- Edward Ladbury, who arrived in New York in 1919
| Ladbury migration to Australia | + |
Ladbury Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century- Edwin Ladbury, English convict from Warwick, who was transported aboard the "Adelaide" on April 16, 1855, settling in Western Australia 2
| Ladbury migration to New Zealand | + |
Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include: Ladbury Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century- Henry Ladbury, aged 20, a wheelwright, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Golden Sea" in 1874
- Hannah Ladbury, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "British King" in 1883
- Margaret Ladbury, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "British King" in 1883
| Contemporary Notables of the name Ladbury (post 1700) | + |
- Hattie Ladbury, British television actress
- Professor John Ladbury, British Professor of Biophysics at University College London
- Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
- State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2014, November 17) Adelaide voyage to Western Australia, Australia in 1855 with 261 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/adelaide/1855
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