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.

Driftway

Field in the Parish of Stokesby with Herringby

Historical Forms

  • 1839 TA

Etymology

Driftway('road along which cattlewere driven', ME  drift, v. Field s.n. Drift)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement