Editing Ludgate (section)

==Etymology==
According to legend, recorded by the Norman-Welsh cleric [[Geoffrey of Monmouth]],  Ludgate was named after the ancient British king [[Lud son of Heli|Lud]]. Lud was said to be the brother of King [[Cassivelaunus]] but some folklorists think he is a manifestation of the god [[Nodens]].  There are other suggestions for the origins of the name, although none has been universally accepted.  Later writers said it was derived from "flood gate" or "Fleet gate",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45038 |title=Ludgate Hill |author=Walter Thornbury |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |date=1878 |work=Old and New London: Volume 1 |access-date=9 December 2011}}</ref> from "ludgeat", meaning "back gate" or "[[postern]]",<ref>{{cite book |title=London Street Names |last=Bebbington  |first=Gillian |year=1972 |publisher=Batsford |isbn=978-0-7134-0140-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/londonstreetname0000bebb/page/207 207] |url=https://archive.org/details/londonstreetname0000bebb|url-access=registration }}</ref> or from the [[Old English]] term ''"hlid-geat"''<ref name=kelly>''Charters of Abingdon Abbey, Volume 2'', Susan E. Kelly, Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2001, {{ISBN|0-19-726221-X}}, pp.623-266</ref><ref name=blackie>''Geographical Etymology'', Christina Blackie, pp.88</ref><ref name=EPN>English Place-Name society, Volume 36, The University Press, 1962, pp.205</ref><ref name=MED>Middle English Dictionary, University of Michigan Press, 1998, {{ISBN|0-472-01124-3}} pp. 972</ref><ref name=AEoL>''An encyclopaedia of London'', William Kent, Dent, 1951, pp.402</ref> a common Old English compound meaning "postern" or "swing gate".<ref name=kelly/><ref name=blackie/><ref name=EPN/><ref name=AEoL/>