Black Horse Drove is a linear hamlet that lies 7 miles (11 km) north-north-east of Ely in Cambridgeshire, England, in the civil parish of Littleport. The hamlet is off the Ten Mile Bank, a long road which runs along the north-western bank of the river Great Ouse between Littleport and Southery in Norfolk. Black Horse Drove is in the Fens and much of the village is around 6 feet (1.8 m) below sea level.
| Black Horse Drove | |
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 Black Horse Drove viewed from the junction with Ten Mile Bank | |
  Black Horse Drove Location within Cambridgeshire | |
| OS grid reference | TL601911 |
| • London | 71 miles (114 km) |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Ely |
| Postcode district | CB6 |
| UK Parliament | |
The estimated population of Black Horse Drove in 2010 was 220, in 93 dwellings.[1]
Facilities
editA Wesleyan chapel was built in 1843[2] and rebuilt in 1897 but it has now been converted to a private residence.
A school was built in Black Horse Drove c.1874 but due to overcrowding and its dangerous condition, a new school called the Coronation County Primary Junior and Infants School was built in 1937.[2] The old school was used as a community centre until 2008 when it was acquired by Littleport Parish Council and then refurbished. The community centre re-opened on 15 October 2011.[3]
The Black Horse public house was built c.1912 but has closed and is now a private residence.
In Black Horse Drove there is also a children's play area and a playing field.
Transport
editThere is a weekly bus service on Thursday mornings which leaves at 09:30 to Littleport, Prickwillow and Ely and returns at around 13:30.
The nearest railway station is 5 miles (8 km) away at Littleport.
References
edit- ^ "Black Horse Drove Village Vision (draft)" (PDF). East Cambs District Council. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ^ a b Atkinson, T D; Hampson, Ethel M; Long, E T; Miller, Edward; Wells, H B; Woodgate, G M G. "Ely Hundred:Littleport in A History of the County of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely: Volume 4, City of Ely; Ely, N. and S. Witchford and Wisbech Hundreds". British History Online. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ^ "New Centre Opens at Black Horse Drove". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
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