Hawkins's Drove
Early-attested site in the Parish of Littleport
Historical Forms
- Hawkins 1658 Colexxxvi
- Haukins' 1637 BedL
- Hacunfen 1221 ElyA 1251 ElyCouch
- Hakounfen 1318 Ct
Etymology
Hawkins's Drove (6″). Cf. Hawkins Bytt 1436 BedL, 1609AddCh , Hawckinges bitt 1629SewersD , Hawkins 1656AdvProc . The drove runs through the middle of a bend in the course of the Old Ouse.bytt is for byht , 'bight, bend,' with reference to the bend. Hawkins 's from the holding of William Hawkins (1658Cole xxxvi), the 'several fen ground of William Haukins ' (1637 BedL). By a curious chance, an earlier name of this fen seems to have been Hacunfen 1221ElyA , 1251ElyCouch , Hakounfen 1318 Ct, deriving from Anglo-Scandinavian Hacun .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Apes Hall
- Burnt Fen
- Camel Drove
- Chain Fm
- Croft Hills
- Crouch Moor
- Deepney Drove
- Hale 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