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.

Draycott

Early-attested site in the Parish of Blockley

Historical Forms

  • Draicota 1208 Fees
  • Draycote 1275 Wo

Etymology

Draycott, Draicota 1208 Fees, Draycote 1275 Wo. This common p.n. (which occurs also ii, 216 infra ) probably means 'shed where a dray was kept', v. dræg , cot (cf. EPN i, 134–6).