Drayton

Other current and historical names

Draintune
Draintuna
Draintunna
Whitecross

Built-Up Area: Drayton
Parish/Community: Drayton
District/Borough: South Somerset
County: Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°1'8"N 2°50'54"W
Eastings/Northings: 340589, 124760
OS Grid: ST405247
Mapcode Local: GBR MD.J05Z
Mapcode Global: FRA 46XF.B3C

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., W. Somerset, 1½ mile SW. of Langport, 2165 ac., pop. 472.

Drayton in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Muchelney St Peter
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Muchelney St Peter; Brictwin; Leofing
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Muchelney
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Muchelney; Ceolric of Bradon (subinfeudated); Wulfward (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 20 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 18 smallholders; 10 slaves
- Plough Teams: 6 lord's ploughs; 9 men's ploughs (15 plough lands)
- Meadow: 53 acres
- Woodland: 2 mixed measures
- Pasture: 2 mixed measures
- Animals in 1086: 22 pigs; 3 cobs

British Place Names

Drayton, Somerset

Drayton is a village in Drayton , Somerset

Drayton in historic gazetteers

Drayton in the Domesday Book