Survey of English Place-Names
A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.
Survey of English place-names
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West Drayton
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Gravel Pit Lane
Gravel Pit Lane
Other OS name in the Parish of West Drayton
Etymology
( 6 ″ ) . Cf.
Gravel
Pit
Close
ib.
Places in the same Parish
Major Settlement
West Drayton
Early-attested site
Eelpie Bridge olim Merriall Bridge
Other OS name
Little Birch Holt