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.

Adventurers' Drove

Other OS name in the Parish of Little Downham

Historical Forms

  • Adventurers Dr. 1829 Wells

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Adventurers Dr .1829 Wells . Cf. Adventure Land 1713FenS and Adventurers' Land infra 292 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement