Parson Drove is a village in the Fens, in Cambridgeshire, England. Located approximately 7 miles (11 km) west of Wisbech, the nearest town, the village is named after the central road around which the village developed, formerly a green drove wider than it is now.
Other nearby towns include Peterborough, 19 miles to the west, and King's Lynn, 21 miles to the east.
Famous quotes containing the words parson and/or drove:
“‘Dear Captain Smith,’ the ghost replied, ‘you’ve used me ungenteelly.
The crowner’s quest goes hard with me because I’ve acted frailly,
And Parson Biggs won’t bury me, though I am dead Miss Bailey.’”
—George Colman (1762–1836)
“And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness.”
—Bible: New Testament, Mark 1:12.
Of Jesus.