English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Drove

Field in the Parish of Stoke Wake

Historical Forms

  • 1839 TA
  • The Drove c.1750 Seymer

Etymology

Drove(The Drove c.1750, v. drāf)