Camel Drove
Early-attested site in the Parish of Littleport
Etymology
Camel Drove (6″). Cf. Camhale 1251ElyCouch , 15thElyM , Camhalle t. Hy 3WMP , Camoll loode 1563SewersD , Cammalle c. 1600BadesladeA , Cammell Load 1617SewersD . It is difficult to suggest any satisfactory etymology for this name. The second element is clearly healh , 'nook, corner.' The first is perhaps cam , 'crooked.' If so, the word must, as suggested in NED (s. v .), have been loaned from British into popular speech at a much earlier date than any independent record suggests. Cf. Camel Gate in Spalding (L), Camellgate 1526Terr .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Apes Hall
- Burnt Fen
- Chain Fm
- Croft Hills
- Crouch Moor
- Deepney Drove
- Hale Drove
- Hawkins's Drove
- Mow Fen
- Sketchdoles Fm
- Spaindelf Fm
- Weltmore Fm
- Wood Fen
Other OS name
- Crouch Moor Fm
- Black Bank
- Black Horse Drove
- Old Pool Drove
- Poplar Drove
- Willow Row Drove
- Black Horse Fm
- Burnt Chimney Drove
- Dairy Houses
- Burnt Fen
- Cross Drove
- Grubb's Fm
- Hill Fm
- The Holmes
- The Hundreds
- Littleport Bridge
- Littleport Fields
- Lock Spit Fm
- Mare Fen
- Middle Drove
- Mildenhall Drain
- The Plains
- Portley Hill
- Rack Fen
- Sandhill
- Scotland Fm
- Wadlode Fm
- West Moor Drove
- West Moor Fen
- White Hall Fm
- White Ho Fm
- White House Drove
- Willow Row Fms