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.

Drayton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Penkridge

Historical Forms

  • Draitone 1086 DB
  • Draitun 1194 StCart
  • Draiton 1236 Fees
  • Dreyton 1633 ParReg
  • Drayton 1372 Ch 1387to1399 IpmR 1597 ParReg 1834 O

Etymology

'Farmstead where drays for portage were used', v. dræg , tūn .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site