(Oil Springs Line at Ladysmith Road)

Ladysmith derives its name from a famous battle of the Boer War in South Africa, as the post office opened in 1900, during that war.  The post office, located at Lot 22, Con. 2 Moore, operated until 1912.  School Section #16 Moore was located at Ladysmith.  The first school building dated to 1850, but this building was later moved off the site and used nearby for a hall.  A new school was built on the original site.  The Ladysmith school was used also for Sunday School and for a singing school.  No buildings remain to mark Ladysmith, but the school inscription board is mounted on a nearby farm building.

Sources:

Carter, Floreen Ellen.  Place Names of Ontario.  Vols. 1 & 2.  London, Ont.:  Phelps Publishing Company, 1984, second printing, 1985.  ISBN 0-920298-39-7

Johnston, A. J.  Lambton County Names and Places.  [s.l.]:  Lambton County Council, 1925, revised 1942, second edition.

S. S. #16 Moore, Ladysmith.  Information compiled by Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Munday, Oct. 1960.  [s.l.]:  [s.n.], (1960).
    School Section Number 16, Moore Township