Draycott

Other current and historical names

Draycot

Built-Up Area: Draycott
Parish/Community: Rodney Stoke
District/Borough: Mendip
County: Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°15'20"N 2°45'1"W
Eastings/Northings: 347736, 150977
OS Grid: ST477509
Mapcode Local: GBR MJ.111Z
Mapcode Global: VH89J.8PWT

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

Draycot.-- eccl. dist. and vil. with ry. sta. (Draycott), Cheddar and Stoke Rodney pars., mid. Somerset -- dist., pop. 593; vil., 4 miles S.E. of Axbridge; P.O.

Draycott in the Domesday Book

A village in Winterstoke hundred, in the county of Somerset.

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Godwin of Chittlehampton; Godwin's mother
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Godwin the Englishman
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godwin the Englishman
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ lord's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)

British Place Names

Draycott, Somerset

Draycott is a village in Somerset

Draycott in historic gazetteers

Draycott in the Domesday Book