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.

the Drift

Other OS name in the Parish of Barrowden

Historical Forms

  • The Drift Road 1844 Burghley

Etymology

, 1943Map , The Drift Road 1844Burghley ' the cattleroad ' , v. drift .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement