Draycott

Other current and historical names

Draicott
Draycott and Church Wilne

Built-Up Area: Breaston
Parish/Community: Draycott and Church Wilne
District/Borough: Erewash
County: Derbyshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°53'42"N 1°20'36"W
Eastings/Northings: 444266, 333280
OS Grid: SK442332
Mapcode Local: GBR 7GR.H4Y
Mapcode Global: WHDH2.BHHB

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

Draycott in historic gazetteers

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

Draycott and Church Wilne, township (ry. sta. Draycott), Wilne par., S. Derbyshire, on river Derwent, 6½ miles SE. of Derby, 1451 ac., pop. 1015; P.O., T.O., called Draycott; contains Draycott House.

Draycott in the Domesday Book

A village in Morleystone hundred, in the county of Derbyshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Chester St John
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Chester
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Chester; Ralph son of Hubert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 12 geld
- Households: 29 villagers; 13 smallholders; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 13 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 30 acres
- Woodland: 3 furlongs
- Churches: 2
- Mills: 1, value £1
- Other resources: 1 fishery

British Place Names

Draycott, Derbyshire

Draycott is a village in Breaston, Derbyshire

Draycott in historic gazetteers

Draycott in the Domesday Book