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[[File:Blackhorse Drove - geograph.org.uk - 439271.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Black Horse Drove viewed from junction with Ten Mile Bank]]
[[File:Blackhorse Drove - geograph.org.uk - 439271.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Black Horse Drove viewed from junction with Ten Mile Bank]]
'''Black Horse Drove''' is a hamlet at the very edge of [[Cambridgeshire]], strung along a road off the Ten Mile Bank, the long road which runs alongside the river [[Great Ouse]] between [[Littleport, Cambridgeshire|Littleport]] in [[Cambridgeshire]] and [[Southery]] in Norfolk.  The two counties meet close by at the knot of cottages called Brandon Creek, where the Great Ouse and [[Little Ouse]] meet.
'''Black Horse Drove''' is a hamlet at the very edge of [[Cambridgeshire]], strung along a road off the Ten Mile Bank, the long road which runs alongside the river [[Great Ouse]] between [[Littleport, Cambridgeshire|Littleport]] in [[Cambridgeshire]] and [[Southery]] in [[Norfolk]]Just to the north-east is the knot of cottages called [[Brandon Creek, Norfolk|Brandon Creek]], where the Great Ouse and [[Little Ouse]] meet.


The hamlet is named for its long straight road, an old drove road through the fens.
The hamlet is named for its long straight road, an old drove road through the fens.


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[[Category:Towns and villages in Cambridgeshire]]
[[Category:Towns and villages in Cambridgeshire]]
 
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Latest revision as of 10:02, 3 September 2018

Black Horse Drove viewed from junction with Ten Mile Bank

Black Horse Drove is a hamlet at the very edge of Cambridgeshire, strung along a road off the Ten Mile Bank, the long road which runs alongside the river Great Ouse between Littleport in Cambridgeshire and Southery in Norfolk. Just to the north-east is the knot of cottages called Brandon Creek, where the Great Ouse and Little Ouse meet.

The hamlet is named for its long straight road, an old drove road through the fens.

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