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.

Draycotes

Early-attested site in the Parish of Nettleton

Historical Forms

  • Draycotes 1212 Ass
  • Dreycotes 1281
  • Draycote 1298 1316 FA
  • Draycotis 1327 SR
  • Draycotes 1327,1333 ib
  • Dracottes 1634 Lamb

Etymology

DRAYCOTES (lost), Draycotes 1212 Ass, Dreycotes 1281 ib (LNQ ix), Draycote 1298 ib (p), 1316 FA, Draycotis 1327SR (p), Draycotes 1327, 1333ib both (p), Dracottes 1634Lamb , probably 'the shed(s) where drays are kept', v. dræg , cot ; the site is not known, v. DB liv.