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 Ryhall

Historical Forms

  • Drift Way 1806 Burghley

Etymology

, Drift Way 1806Burghley , a cattle - road running through Essendine , Ryhall , and so to Stamford market , v. drift .