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 Pickworth

Historical Forms

  • Drift 1844 TA

Etymology

, Drift 1844TA , a cattle - road which may have run on eventually to Stamford market , v. drift .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement