Whaplode Drove | |
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Whaplode Drove church | |
Location within Lincolnshire | |
OS grid reference | TF319133 |
• London | 80 mi (130 km) S |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | SPALDING |
Postcode district | PE12 |
Dialling code | 01406 |
Police | Lincolnshire |
Fire | Lincolnshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Whaplode Drove is a village in the civil parish of Whaplode, in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England.[1] It is approximately 10 miles (16 km) south from the market town of Spalding. The hamlet of Shepeau Stow is 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south-west.
Whaplode Drove is a largely rural village and lies in the middle of the Lincolnshire Fens.
The name 'Whaplode' derives from the Old English cwappa-lad meaning 'eel pout watercourse'.[2]