Draughton

Other current and historical names

Dractone
Bracstone

Parish/Community: Draughton
District/Borough: Daventry
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°23'0"N 0°53'0"W
Eastings/Northings: 476091, 276756
OS Grid: SP760767
Mapcode Local: GBR BTJ.KG0
Mapcode Global: VHDRD.MCS2

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Draughton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Draughton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Draughton.-- par., in co. and 10 miles NE. of Northampton, 1477 ac., pop. 161.

Draughton in the Domesday Book

A village in Rothwell hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Mainou the Breton
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Berner of Thornborough (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 4 smallholders; 6 freemen; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 6 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
3rd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Countess Judith
- Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs

British Place Names

Draughton, Northamptonshire

Draughton is a village in Northamptonshire

Draughton in historic gazetteers

Draughton in the Domesday Book