Rider Street.
_Lode_ (Vol. v., p. 345.).--Lode seems to have been anciently used as
signifying merely a ditch to carry off water. (See "Inquisition, 21
Henry VIII." in Wells's _Hist. of Bedford Level_, vol. ii. pp. 8-17.)
Lode means to carry. (_Promptorium Parvulorum_, ed. Way, p. 310.) The
term _lode_ is now used to signify a navigable ditch. In Cambridgeshire
we have Soham Lode, Burwell Lode, Reach Lode, Swaffham Lode, and
Bottisham Lode.