Drayton
Early-attested site in the Parish of Daventry
Historical Forms
- dræghæma gemære 1021–3 KCD736
- Draiton 1203 Cur
- Dreyton 1261 Ass
Etymology
Drayton is dræghæma gemære 1021–3 KCD 736, Draiton 1203 Curet passim with variant spelling Drayton , Dreyton 1261Ass (p).v. dræg , tun . It lies on a small stream. For the first form, with OE hæme attached to the first element, cf. s. n. Doddenham PN Wo 46. The reference is to the boundary of the people of Drayton, where it marched with that of Newnham. Drayton has now been absorbed in Daventry, v. Addenda lii.