LADYBRAND, a town in the Orange Free State, 8o m. E. of Bloemfontein, and about 4 m. W. of the Caledon river, which separates the Orange Free State from Basutoland, 29° 9' S., 27° 29' E.; altitude 5,241 feet. Many of the buildings are of light cream-coloured sandstone from the local upper Karroo forma tions. The town is the centre of a good agricultural area, and has a wheat market. It also attracts a certain number of visitors. Its white population in 1931 numbered 2,396. In 1921 there were also 1,389 natives, five Asiatics and 220 coloured people.
a chapel attached to a large church and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. As the development of the chevet (q.v.), or system of radiating chapels, progressed during the late 12th century in France, it became customary to give the one dedi cated to the Blessed Virgin the most important position, directly in the centre, and behind the high altar of the church, and also to make it larger than the other chapels. In French Gothic churches, the lady-chapel is sometimes emphasized, as in Le Mans cathedral (c. 5230), Rheims (c. 1241), Amiens (1269). In others, however, such as Notre Dame at Paris (118o) and Bourges (c.
1200), all the chapels are similar. In England, the chevet of Westminster Abbey had an enormous lady-chapel, built by Henry III. (522o), the site of which is now occupied by the Henry VII. chapel. The square east end, common in English cathedrals, led to a tremendous emphasis upon the lady-chapel, which frequently became almost as large as the choir itself. Good examples exist at Winchester (15th century, chapel lengthened 1487), Salisbury (122o-.6o), Exeter (1194-1206), Wells (1326) and St. Albans (14th century). The cathedral at Ely (1321-49) is remarkable in possessing a large and lavish late curvilinear Gothic lady-chapel, actually a separate building at one side of the church east end, connected with the church only by a small vestibule. In this chapel a considerable area of the original colour decoration still exists. The position at the end of the choir is by no means uni versal; in Canterbury (1449-68) the lady-chapel is on the east side of the north transept. Continental Gothic examples usually follow French precedent. Many rich Renaissance examples exist in Italy and Spain.