---- Rectory, Hereford.
_Lode._--It seems to be a provincial word, according to Forby, and means
"an artificial water-course," from A.-S. _lodian_, _haurire_; he also
adduces the instance I have named, and also a water-course in Fincham,
called in old writings "the Lode ditch." It would be interesting to know
if it is used elsewhere than in Norfolk, and it may be Suffolk; but, at
all events, I should much like to come at the real meaning.