On the south-west side of the village [DRYBROOK] Quabbs House (formerly the Quabbs) belonged to
Ruardean and in 1847 was the residence of the mine owner Cornelius Brain

From: 'Forest of Dean: Settlement', A History of the County of Gloucester:
Volume 5: Bledisloe Hundred, St. Briavels Hundred, The Forest of Dean (1996), pp. 300-325.
URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23266 Date accessed: 25 November 2008.

Today you will find Quabbs Road and Quabbs Lane in Drybrook.