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.

Drax Abbey

Other OS name in the Parish of Drax

Historical Forms

  • Drax Abby 1771 M

Etymology

, Drax Abby 1771 M , on this Augustinian monastic foundation cf. YCh vi , no . 13 and notes .