Dryevers
Early-attested site in the Parish of Crosby Ravensworth
Historical Forms
- Drye everes 1588 Rent85
- Drievers, Dryevers 1609–1685 PR 1678 PR(Sh) 1823 M
- Druieves 1617 PR
- Drive-evers-ffeild 1699 BdyR(Og5)
- Driveners 1727 Defoe
Etymology
Dryevers [ˈdraiˈevəz], Drye everes 1588Rent 85, Drievers , Dryevers 1609–1685 PR (freq ), 1678 PR(Sh), 1823 M, Druieves 1617 PR, Drive-evers -ffeild 1699BdyR (Og 5), Driveners 1727 Defoe. We may have a compound of drȳge 'dry' and the OFr word evier 'gutter, sewer, drain', which does not appear to have been found in other p.ns. It is also possible to take the name as an adaptation of ME drie-viveres 'dry fishponds' (with loss of -v - by haplology), v. vivere .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Brackenslack
- Oddendale
- Starleyfield
- Threaplands
- High Whitber
- Wickerslack
- Barnskew
- Blasterfield
- Gilts
- Haber
- Harberwain
- Lankaber
- Loftern
- Maulds Meaburn
- Reagill
Other OS name
- Bank, Bank Head, Bank Lane, & Bank Moor
- Bastern Gill
- Batling Tree
- Bell Foot
- Black Dub
- Cross Stone
- Great Field Plant
- Hulls, Hulls Wood
- Low Wood Beck
- Raise Howe
- Spring Wood
- Town Head
- Trainlands
- Turnbank
- Wellclose Lane
- Westgill Hill
- White Hag
- Wicker Street
- Wintertarn
- Woodfoot
- Wyebourne
- Wyegill
- Bridgedale Brow
- Broadslack
- Brocks Brow
- Burmont
- Carrick
- Castlehowe Scar
- Coalpit Hill
- Cow Green
- Cow Pasture
- Crabstack
- Crake Trees
- Crosby Gill
- Crosby Hall & Lodge
- Crosby Ravensworth Fell
- Dalebanks
- Deadman's Grave
- Dina Gill
- Edge
- Ewe Close
- Ewe Locks
- Fieldhouse Wood
- Flass Ho
- Four Stones
- Galloway Stone
- Gaythorn Plain
- Gospel Thorn
- Grayber
- The Green
- Greenrigg
- Hard Bank
- Harding's Wood
- Hazel Moor
- High Green
- Holesfoot
- Hollins Scar
- Holme Bridge
- Howarcles
- Howebeck Bridge
- Howe Robin
- Intake Plant
- Iron Hill
- Jacks Well
- Jenny Well
- Johnny Hall's Trees
- Keverigg
- King's Well
- Lane Head
- Longhill Wood
- Long Mire
- Lowfield
- Lowgreen
- Low Row
- Mains Wood
- Maskriggs Wood
- Maulds Meaburn Edge & Moor
- Meaburn Hall
- Micklebank Lane
- Morland Bank
- Penhurrock
- Pithills Plant
- Plover Rigg
- Potrigg
- Raise Bank(lost)
- Ravens Gill
- Reagill Grange
- Roans
- Robin Hood's Grave
- Sandpot Hole
- Scar Plant
- Scattergate Gill
- Seal Howe
- Seat Hill
- Shap Wells
- Slack Randy
- Slacks