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Survey of English Place-Names

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Drabblegate

Other OS name in the Parish of Aylsham

Etymology

, 1845 White , cf. Drabhulhill 1485Rent Gimingham ; drab , a word probably of LG origin , meaning ' dirt, mire ' , hol 1 ' hole ' influenced by Dan  hul , and gata , hyll .