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beginning of this (i.e., tlie nineteentli) century, now 

 softened into EtJberow." ^° This conjecture is ingenious, 

 and one would fain accept it ; it would give an interesting 

 parallel to the naming of the fort Anauio from the river 

 Anaua, which has been already mentioned, and as to the 

 exact form of the word, whether Zerdotalia or Zedrotalia, 

 the authority of the MSS. of Ravennas is certainly not 

 great. But it is sadly to be feared that the Z at the 

 beginning of the word is an insuperable objection to 

 the theory, and it must be considered very doubtful if 

 there is any connexion between the naones Etherow and 

 Zerdotalia (Zedrotalia). As to the origin of Zerdotalia, 

 Arnemeza, and Melandra, nothing certain can be said. 

 The name Melandra Castle, commonly applied at the 

 present day to the fort near Glossop, has not been traced 

 further back than the year 1772. In that year the 

 Rev. Mr. Watson read before the Society of Antiquaries 

 a paper which was subsequently published in Archa^olgia, 

 Yol. iii. (1775), paper xxvi.^^ There he says : " The 

 people call it Melandra Castle; the area of it is called the 

 Castle-yard, and eleven fields adjoining to it are named 

 in old deeds the Castle Carrs." The word Melandra has a 

 curiously Greek appearance, and looks like the creation of 

 a pedant. 



Somewhat earlier in the same section of Ravennas in 

 which we find the five names which have just been dealt 

 with, there occur two other names which must be 

 mentioned, namely, Lutudaron (other readings Lutudaton 

 and Lutudarum) and Derhentione. 



Several lead pigs which have been discovered in the 



10. Roman Cheshire, loc. cit. 



^^L the Reverend Mr. Watson; in a Letter to the Reverend Mr. N orris. 



