Black Horse Drove
village · Cambridgeshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Black Horse Drove likely refers to a 'black horse' and 'drāf', meaning a drove road or track, possibly used for moving livestock.
Word origins
- blæc
- Old Englishblack(from blæc "black")
- hors
- Old EnglishAttestedhorse(from hors "horse")
- drāf
- Old EnglishAttesteddrove road, track(from drāf "drove road, track")