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.

Horsefen Drove

Other OS name in the Parish of Soham

Historical Forms

  • Horse Drove 1829 Wells

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Horse Drove 1829 Wells . All these places are named from an extensive fen round Horse Crofts .