English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Draycot

Early-attested site in the Parish of Waterstock

Historical Forms

  • Draicote 1086 DB
  • Dreycote c.1280 AD 1285 Ass
  • Drecot 1284–5 FA

Etymology

v. dræg , cot(e) and DEPN under Draycott. This place is in a fairly sharp bend of the river Thame.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement