Drayton

Other current and historical names

Sutton Wick

Built-Up Area: Drayton
Parish/Community: Drayton
District/Borough: Vale of White Horse
County: Oxfordshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°38'40"N 1°18'46"W
Eastings/Northings: 447649, 194187
OS Grid: SU476941
Mapcode Local: GBR 7YW.YQC
Mapcode Global: VHCY6.6XBQ

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

Drayton in historic gazetteers

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

Drayton.-- par. and vil., Berks, 2 miles SW. of Abingdon, 1851 ac., pop. 622; P.O.

Drayton in the Domesday Book

A village in Sutton hundred, in the county of Berkshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hascoit Musard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hascoit Musard
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (1 plough land)
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ednoth the constable
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William son of Nigel (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1066; £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 4 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 13 acres

British Place Names

Drayton, Oxfordshire

Drayton is a village in Drayton , Oxfordshire

Drayton in historic gazetteers

Drayton in the Domesday Book