Ludlow (disambiguation)
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Place names
United Kingdom- LudlowLudlowLudlow is a market town in Shropshire, England close to the Welsh border and in the Welsh Marches. It lies within a bend of the River Teme, on its eastern bank, forming an area of and centred on a small hill. Atop this hill is the site of Ludlow Castle and the market place...
, Shropshire, England - Ludlow Rural DistrictLudlow Rural DistrictLudlow was a rural district in Shropshire, England from 1894 to 1974.It was created by the Local Government Act 1894 from the Ludlow rural sanitary district. It was enlarged in 1934 under a County Review Order by taking in the disbanded Burford Rural District and parts of the Church Stretton Rural...
, Shropshire, England - Ludlow (UK Parliament constituency)Ludlow (UK Parliament constituency)Ludlow is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
Canada
- Ludlow Parish, New Brunswick
United States
- Ludlow, CaliforniaLudlow, CaliforniaLudlow is a small town in the Mojave Desert on Interstate 40, located in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The older remains of the ghost town are along historic Route 66.-Geography:...
- Ludlow, ColoradoLudlow, ColoradoLudlow is a ghost town in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. It was famous as the site of the Ludlow Massacre in 1914. The town site is nestled at the entrance to a canyon in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. It is located along the western side of Interstate 25...
- Ludlow, IllinoisLudlow, IllinoisLudlow is a village in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 371 at the 2010 census.The town of Ludlow features the first victim of the 1957 movie Beginning of the End.-Geography:Ludlow is located at ....
- Ludlow, KentuckyLudlow, KentuckyLudlow is a city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 4,409 at the 2000 census. Ludlow is a suburb of Covington, Kentucky, and Cincinnati, Ohio, located on the Ohio River...
- Ludlow, MaineLudlow, MaineLudlow is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 402 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 22.0 square miles , of which, 22.0 square miles of it is land and 0.05% is water...
- Ludlow, MassachusettsLudlow, MassachusettsLudlow is a town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 21,103 as of the 2010 census. It is located in western Massachusetts, north of Springfield, east of Chicopee, southeast of Granby, southwest of Belchertown, west of Wilbraham and is considered part of the...
- Ludlow, MissouriLudlow, MissouriLudlow is a village in Livingston County, Missouri, United States. The population was 204 at the 2000 census, at which time it was a town.-Geography:Ludlow is located at ....
- Ludlow, South DakotaLudlow, South DakotaLudlow is an unincorporated rural hamlet in rural northern Harding County, South Dakota, United States. It is located on Federal Highway 85 about 12 miles north of Buffalo, the Harding County seat, and 6 miles south of the North Dakota border. Although not tracked by the Census Bureau, Ludlow has...
- Ludlow (town), VermontLudlow (town), VermontLudlow is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,449 at the 2000 census. Ludlow is the home of Okemo Mountain, a popular skiing area.-Geography:...
- Ludlow (village), VermontLudlow (village), VermontLudlow is an incorporated village within the town of Ludlow, Windsor County, Vermont, United States. It is sometimes called Ludlow Village, to distinguish it from the surrounding town of the same name...
- Ludlow (village), Vermont
- Ludlow Falls, OhioLudlow Falls, OhioLudlow Falls is a village in Miami County, Ohio, United States. The population was 210 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Ludlow Falls is located at ....
- Ludlow Street, Manhattan, New York City
- Ludlow Township, Allamakee County, IowaLudlow Township, Allamakee County, IowaLudlow Township is one of eighteen townships in Allamakee County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 551.-Geography:Ludlow Township covers an area of and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS, it contains three cemeteries: Bethlehem, Salem United and...
- Ludlow Township, Champaign County, IllinoisLudlow Township, Champaign County, IllinoisLudlow Township is a township in Champaign County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 4,766.-Geography:Ludlow Township covers an area of ; of this, or 0.09 percent is water.-Unincorporated towns:* Prospect* Tomlinson...
- Ludlow Township, Washington County, OhioLudlow Township, Washington County, OhioLudlow Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 330 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
- Port Ludlow, WashingtonPort Ludlow, WashingtonPort Ludlow is a census-designated place in Jefferson County, Washington, United States. It is also the name of the marine inlet on which the CDP is located. The CDP's population was 1,968 at the 2000 census. Originally a logging and sawmill community, its economy declined during the first half of...
People
Surname- Augustus LudlowAugustus LudlowAugustus C. Ludlow was an officer in the United States Navy during the War of 1812.-Biography:Ludlow, born Newburgh, New York, was appointed midshipmen 2 April 1804 and commissioned Lieutenant 3 June 1810...
, officer in the United States Navy during the War of 1812 - Augustus Ludlow, 2nd Earl Ludlow (1755-1811), British peer (see Earl LudlowEarl LudlowEarl Ludlow was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 3 October 1760 for Peter Ludlow, 1st Baron Ludlow. He had already been created Baron Ludlow, of Ardsalla in the County of Meath, on 19 December 1755, and was made Viscount Preston, of Ardsalla in the County of Meath, at the same...
) - Baron LudlowBaron LudlowBaron Ludlow was a title that was created three times in British history, once in the Peerage of Ireland and twice in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. For the first two creations, see Earl Ludlow. The third creation came in the Peerage of the United Kingdom on 26 July 1897 when the politician and...
, an extinct title in the Peerage of Ireland - Charles LudlowCharles LudlowCharles Ludlow was an officer in the United States Navy during the War of 1812.He served as a Lieutenant in Vixen and in Constitution in the Mediterranean during 1807. Captain Ludlow was in President immediately prior to the War of 1812.He died at New Windsor, New York....
, officer in the United States Navy during the War of 1812 - Clara Southmayd LudlowClara Southmayd LudlowDr. Clara Southmayd Ludlow, the first woman known to publish extensively on the taxonomy of mosquitoes and their occurrence in relation to the incidence of mosquito-borne diseases, forged a notable career in medical entomology during a time when women were rare among the ranks of entomologists, and...
, Medical Entomologist (1852-1924) - Conrad LudlowConrad LudlowConrad Ludlow is a former principal dancer with New York City Ballet under George Balanchine. He also danced at San Francisco Ballet and founded and directed Ballet Oklahoma...
, an American dancer and professor of dance - Earl LudlowEarl LudlowEarl Ludlow was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 3 October 1760 for Peter Ludlow, 1st Baron Ludlow. He had already been created Baron Ludlow, of Ardsalla in the County of Meath, on 19 December 1755, and was made Viscount Preston, of Ardsalla in the County of Meath, at the same...
, an extinct title in the Peerage of Ireland - Edgar Ludlow-HewittEdgar Ludlow-HewittAir Chief Marshal Sir Edgar Rainey Ludlow-Hewitt GCB, GBE, CMG, DSO, MC, DL was a senior Royal Air Force commander.-World War I:...
(1886-1973), Royal Air Force commander in World War I - Edmund LudlowEdmund LudlowEdmund Ludlow was an English parliamentarian, best known for his involvement in the execution of Charles I, and for his Memoirs, which were published posthumously in a rewritten form and which have become a major source for historians of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. After service in the English...
(c. 1617-1692), English parliamentarian, exiled in Switzerland - Fitz Hugh LudlowFitz Hugh LudlowFitz Hugh Ludlow, sometimes seen as “Fitzhugh Ludlow,” was an American author, journalist, and explorer; best-known for his autobiographical book The Hasheesh Eater ....
, American author, journalist, and explorer - Frank LudlowFrank LudlowFrank Ludlow OBE was an English officer stationed in the British Mission at Lhasa and a naturalist. He was born in Chelsea, London and studied at West Somerset County School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge....
(1885-1972), English botanist, ornithologist, and World War I officer - Frederick LudlowFrederick LudlowFrederick Ludlow was an early colonial settler in Western Australia. He is credited with the discovery of the Capel River....
, early colonial settler in Western Australia - George Ludlow, 3rd Earl LudlowGeorge Ludlow, 3rd Earl LudlowGeneral George James Ludlow, 3rd Earl Ludlow GCB , was a British peer and soldier.Ludlow was the younger son of Peter Ludlow, 1st Earl Ludlow, by Lady Frances, daughter of Thomas Lumley-Saunderson, 3rd Earl of Scarbrough. He was a General in the British Army and Colonel in the Scots Fusiliers...
(1758-1842), British soldier - George C. LudlowGeorge C. LudlowGeorge Craig Ludlow was an American Democratic Party politician, who served as the 25th Governor of New Jersey from 1881 to 1884.-Biography:...
(1830-1900), Governor of the American state of New Jersey - Henry G. LudlowHenry G. LudlowHenry G. Ludlow was an American minister and abolitionist, and one of those who worked with the New York Amistad Committee.He was a divinity student at Yale and then minister of the First Congregational Church in Oswego. From 1828-1837 he was the minister of the Spring Street Presbyterian Church...
(1797-1867), American minister and abolitionist, father of Fitzhugh - Israel LudlowIsrael LudlowIsrael Ludlow was a government surveyor who helped found Cincinnati, Dayton and Hamilton in southwest Ohio.Israel Ludlow was born near Morristown, New Jersey in 1765. In 1786, each of the thirteen states was to appoint a man to help survey the Seven Ranges in the easternmost portion of the...
(1765-1804), Pioneer surveyor of Northwest Territory - Jayne LudlowJayne LudlowJayne Louise Ludlow is a Welsh football player. She plays for the English side Arsenal, and captains the Welsh national team...
(b. 1979), Welsh football player - Louis LudlowLouis LudlowLouis Leon Ludlow was a Democratic Indiana congressman; he proposed a constitutional amendment early in 1938 requiring a national referendum on any U.S. declaration of war except in cases of direct attack...
(1873-1950), American congressman from Indiana - Martin LudlowMartin LudlowMartin Ludlow was a member of the Los Angeles, California, City Council, representing the 10th district. He resigned effective June 30, 2005, when he became the head of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor. He pleaded guilty in state and federal courts the same year to charges that he had...
(b. 1964), an American politician from Los Angeles, California - Peter Ludlow, 1st Earl LudlowPeter Ludlow, 1st Earl LudlowPeter Ludlow, 1st Earl Ludlow PC , known as The Lord Ludlow between 1755 and 1760, was a British politician. He served as Comptroller of the Household from 1782 to 1784.-Background:...
(1730-1803), British politician - Peter LudlowPeter LudlowPeter Ludlow , who also writes under the name Urizenus Sklar, is a professor of philosophy at Northwestern University. Before moving to Northwestern, Ludlow taught at University of Toronto, the University of Michigan, and the State University of New York at Stony Brook...
, professor of philosophy and linguistics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Roger LudlowRoger LudlowRoger Ludlow was one of the founders of the Colony of Connecticut. He was born in March 1590 in Dinton, Wiltshire, England. Roger was the second son of Sir Thomas Ludlow of Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire and Jane Pyle, sister of Sir Gabriel Pyle...
, one of the founders of the colony of Connecticut - Samuel LudlowSamuel LudlowSamuel B. Ludlow was an American jurist. He was one of the first lawyers in Nassau, New York, and was a corporation officer when Nassau was chartered, and was town clerk in 1835...
(1792-1880), American jurist from the state of New York - William H. LudlowWilliam H. LudlowWilliam Handy Ludlow was an American politician.-Life:...
(1821-1890), American politician, speaker of the New York State Assembly, father of William - William LudlowWilliam LudlowWilliam Ludlow was an officer in the Corps of Engineers and a major general in the United States Army who served in the Civil War, Plains Indian Wars, the Spanish-American War, and led a scientific expedition examining the natural wonders of Yellowstone National Park.-Early life:Ludlow was born in...
(1843-1901), American soldier and explorer of Yellowstone, son of William H.
Given name
- Ludlow GriscomLudlow GriscomLudlow Griscom was an American ornithologist known as a pioneer in field ornithology.-Biography:Griscom was born in New York City, the son of Clement Acton Griscom and Genevieve Sprigg Ludlow. He was a protege of Frank Chapman, later working for Thomas Barbour at Harvard University's Museum of...
(1890-1959), American ornithologist - Ludlow MoodyLudlow MoodyLudlow Murcott Moody CBE a qualified doctor, was the son of Charles Ernest Moody, and, like his brother Harold Moody also studied medicine in London at King's College London Medical School, winning the Warneford scholarship, the Huxley Prize for physiology, the Warneford Prize and the Todd Prize...
(1892-1981), Jamaican medical doctor and political leader - Ludlow Ogden Smith, Philadelphia socialite who married Katharine Hepburn
Fictional
- Donna LudlowDonna LudlowDonna Ludlow is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Matilda Ziegler between 1987-1989. Donna was scripted as a troubled individual, desperate for attention, but shunned by almost all who encountered her...
, English soap opera character - Kelly Ludlow, American television character
- Ludlow PorchLudlow PorchLudlow Porch , born Bobby Crawford Hanson, was an American radio humorist popular in the southern United States. He was the author of many humor books including,"Fat White Guys Cookbook" and "Who Cares about Apathy"...
, American radio personality played by Bobby Crawford Hanson
Structures
Schools- Fairfield Ludlowe High SchoolFairfield Ludlowe High SchoolFairfield Ludlowe High School is a co-educational secondary school located in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.-Origins:Fairfield Ludlowe High School opened in the fall of the 2003–2004 as a satellite campus of Fairfield High School...
, an American high school in Fairfield, Connecticut - Roger Ludlowe Middle SchoolRoger Ludlowe Middle SchoolRoger Ludlowe Middle School is a co-educational secondary school located in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. The school is named after Roger Ludlow, the founder of the Town of Fairfield.-History:...
, an American middle school in Fairfield, Connecticut - Ludlow High SchoolLudlow High SchoolLudlow High School is the public high school of Ludlow, Massachusetts, United States, located at 500 Chapin Street. It is next to Ludlow Town Hall. The high school is the only public high school in the town and services all of its residents...
, an American high school in Ludlow, Massachusetts - Ludlow Junior School, a junior comprehensive school in Woolston, Southampton, England
Transportation
- Ludlow (Metro-North station)Ludlow (Metro-North station)The Ludlow Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of the Ludlow Park neighborhood of Yonkers, New York via the Hudson Line. The station is the southernmost on the Hudson Line before entering The Bronx. Trains leave for New York City every 25 to 35 minutes on weekdays...
, railroad station serving Ludlow Park, Yonkers, New York, USA - Ludlow railway stationLudlow railway stationLudlow railway station serves the town of Ludlow in Shropshire, England, on the Welsh Marches Line from Manchester Piccadilly to Cardiff Central. Trains are operated by Arriva Trains Wales....
, English railway station
Other
- Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial LibraryFitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial LibraryThe Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library is a library of psychoactive drug-related literature created in 1970 by Michael Horowitz, Cynthia Palmer, William Dailey, and Robert Barker, who merged their private libraries...
, an American library named after Fitz Hugh Ludlow - Ludlow CastleLudlow CastleLudlow Castle is a large, partly ruined, non-inhabited castle which dominates the town of Ludlow in Shropshire, England. It stands on a high point overlooking the River Teme...
, large, now ruined castle which dominates the town of Ludlow in Shropshire, England - Ludlow GarageLudlow GarageThe Ludlow Garage began life as an automobile shop and later became a music venue located in the Clifton neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.In the 1970s, the venue hosted concerts by many prominent touring acts including The Allman Brothers Band, Santana, Spirit, The James Gang, Humble Pie, as well...
, a music venue in Cincinnati, Ohio - Ludlow HospitalLudlow HospitalLudlow Hospital is an NHS community hospital located in Ludlow, Shropshire, England and managed by Shropshire County NHS Primary Care Trust.The hospital has a variety of outpatients departments, a minor injuries unit and a maternity department. It also has two inpatient wards used for...
, serving Ludlow, Shropshire, England - Ludlow Street JailLudlow Street JailThe Ludlow Street Jail was New York City's federal prison, located on Ludlow Street and Broome Street in Manhattan. Some prisoners, such as soldiers, were held there temporarily awaiting extradition to other jurisdictions, but most of the inmates were debtors imprisoned by their creditors. The two...
, a former American federal prison in New York City - The Ludlow, a luxury rental apartment tower at 188 Ludlow St in New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
's Lower East SideLower East SideThe Lower East Side, LES, is a neighborhood in the southeastern part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is roughly bounded by Allen Street, East Houston Street, Essex Street, Canal Street, Eldridge Street, East Broadway, and Grand Street....
Business
- Fisher and LudlowFisher and LudlowFisher and Ludlow was a British car body manufacturing company based in Castle Bromwich near Birmingham.-Operation:A high volume operation, Fisher and Ludlow built finished and trimmed car bodies which were then trucked to the "manufacturer"'s works to be fitted with all the...
, British car body manufacturing company - Ludlows, an English bus company that was bought out in 2007
- Ludlow TypographLudlow TypographA Ludlow Typograph is a hot metal typesetting system used in letterpress printing. The device casts bars, or slugs of type, out of type metal primarily consisting of lead. These slugs are used for the actual printing, and then are melted down and recycled on the spot.The Ludlow system uses molds,...
, a hot metal typesetting system used in letterpress printing
History and government
- Ludlow AmendmentLudlow AmendmentThe Ludlow Amendment was a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States which called for a national referendum on any declaration of war by Congress, except in cases when the United States had been attacked first. Representative Louis Ludlow introduced the amendment several times...
, a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution - Ludlow massacreLudlow massacreThe Ludlow Massacre was an attack by the Colorado National Guard on a tent colony of 1,200 striking coal miners and their families at Ludlow, Colorado on April 20, 1914....
, the death of about 20 people during an attack by the Colorado National Guard on a tent colony - Ludlow Massacre (song)Ludlow Massacre (song)The Ludlow Massacre is a song by Woody Guthrie about the Ludlow Massacre, a labor conflict in Ludlow, Colorado in 1914. A related song is the 1913 Massacre.-Published Versions:* Lyrics from the Woody Guthrie Foundation -Recorded Versions:...
, a song about the massacre - Ludlow MonumentLudlow MonumentThe Ludlow Monument is a granite memorial by sculptor Hugh Sullivan erected by the United Mine Workers of America at Ludlow, Colorado in 1918 to honor the victims of the Ludlow massacre. The Monument was damaged by persons unknown in 2003 with the heads and arms of the statue figures cut and...
, granite memorial erected at Ludlow, Colorado in 1918 to honor the victims of the Ludlow massacre
Science
Biology- Bhutanitis ludlowi, a swallowtail butterfly commonly known as Ludlow's Bhutan Swallowtail
- Ludlow's FulvettaLudlow's FulvettaThe Brown-throated Fulvetta or Ludlow's Fulvetta is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal.-References:...
, a species of bird in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal
Geology
- Ludlow epoch, part of the Silurian period in the geologic time scale
- Ludlow GroupLudlow GroupThe Ludlow Group are rocks deposited during the Ludlow period of the Silurian in Great Britain. This group contains the following formations in descending order:#Cilestones, Downton Castle sandstones ,#Ledbury shales 270 ft./83 m),...
, rocks deposited during the Ludlow period of the Silurian in Great Britain
Sports
- Ludlow LusitanoLudlow LusitanoLudlow Lusitano was an American soccer club based in Ludlow, Massachusetts that was a member of the American Soccer League. For the 1956/57 season, the team was known as Ludlow S.C.....
, a former American soccer club based in Ludlow, Massachusetts - Ludlow RacecourseLudlow RacecourseLudlow Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located near Ludlow, Shropshire, England.The B4365 crosses the racecourse at three points of the tracks and traffic is stopped when the course is in use....
, a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Ludlow, Shropshire, England - Ludlow Town F.C.Ludlow Town F.C.Ludlow Town F.C. are a football club based in Ludlow, Shropshire, England.-History:Ludlow Town Football Club was founded in 1890 and played on council grounds around the town until 1981 when they acquired their own facilities at The Riddings Park....
, a football club based in Ludlow, Shropshire, England
United States Navy vessels
- USS Ludlow (DD-112)USS Ludlow (DD-112)The second USS Ludlow was a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I. She was named for Augustus C...
, Wickes class destroyer, the second ship to carry the name Ludlow (named for Augustus Ludlow) - USS Ludlow (DD-438)USS Ludlow (DD-438)USS Ludlow , a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the 3rd ship of the United States Navy to bear the name. The second and third Ludlow ships were named for Lieutenant Augustus C. Ludlow, second in command of the USS Chesapeake...
, Gleaves class destroyer, the third ship to carry the name Ludlow (named for Augustus Ludlow)
Other uses
- Ludlow wall boxLudlow wall boxIn the UK, a Ludlow wall box is a post box where mail is deposited to be collected by the Royal Mail and forwarded to the addressee. They are built into stone pillars or the walls of buildings and are never found free-standing. This is because they are made largely from wood. They were nearly all...
, a British post box type - My Lady LudlowMy Lady LudlowMy Lady Ludlow is a long novella by Elizabeth Gaskell. It appeared in the magazine Household Words in 1858, and was republished in Round the Sofa in 1859, with framing passages added at the start and end.It recounts the daily lives of the widowed Countess of Ludlow of Hanbury and the spinster Miss...
, a novella by Elizabeth Gaskell from 1858