Black Horse Drove
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 Black Horse Drove viewed from junction with Ten Mile Bank |
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| OS grid reference | TL5991 |
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| – London | 71 miles (114 km) |
| District | East Cambridgeshire |
| Shire county | Cambridgeshire |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Ely |
| Postcode district | CB6 |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
| UK Parliament | North East Cambridgeshire |
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Coordinates: 52°30′00″N 0°21′08″E / 52.5°N 0.3522°E
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 (where the population is included). Black Horse Drove is located off the Ten Mile Bank, a long road which runs alongside 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.
The estimated population of Black Horse Drove in 2010 was 220 in 93 dwellings.[1]
Facilities
A 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
There is a bus service that runs one day a week to Littleport, Prickwillow and Ely.
The nearest railway station is 5 miles (8.0 km) away at Littleport.
References
- ↑ "Black Horse Drove Village Vision (draft)" (PDF). East Cambs District Council. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- 1 2 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.