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 Oving

Historical Forms

  • Dreyton, Dreiton c.1200 Box 1288 Ass
  • Draiton, Drayton 1200 FF
  • Draiton in Martin Graue 1279 Ass
  • Draitun 1212 Fees73
  • Draieton 1212 Fees73
  • Dreeton 1509 LP

Etymology

v. dræg , tun . The situation of Drayton does not suggest any definite solution for the meaning here of this difficult name.For Martin Graue , v. Groves Fm infra .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement