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Survey of English Place-Names

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Damgate

Other OS name in the Parish of Martham

Historical Forms

  • Damyet 1387,1392 CtMartham
  • Damyate 1507 ib
  • Damyet Strete 1514 Duns
  • Damgate 1845 White

Etymology

, Damyet 1387, 1392Ct Martham ,Damyate 1507ib , Damyet Strete 1514Duns , Damgate 1845 White , v. dammr and geat ; cf. Damiottofts 1292Stowe , v. toft ; dam also had the sense ' causeway ' in the Broadland area ( dam ' a causewaythrough fens ' is known to OED from 1809 ) ; Damgate was one of the three settlements in Martham , the other two being Cess and Heygate ( v .