Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Drayton Bassett within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Drayton Bassett, par., E. Staffordshire, 2½ miles SW. of Tamworth, 3315 ac., pop. 442; P.O.; contains D. Manor, seat of the Peel family, and D. House, seat of the Vernons; in the church is a monument to the memory of Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), .the statesman.