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.

Cross Drove

Other OS name in the Parish of Newton

Historical Forms

  • Bychopdyke, Bychepisdych 1395 EAiv
  • Bishops Dike or Cross Drove 1786 Wisb

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Bychopdyke , Bychepisdych 1395 EA iv, Bishops Dike or Cross Drove 1786Wisb , v. dīc . The Bishop was the Bishop of Ely .