Draycot Cerne
Major Settlement in the Parish of Draycot Cerne
Historical Forms
- Draicote 1086 DB
- Draycota 1198 Fees
- Draycota juxta Northlangeleye 1307 FF
- Draycota Cerne 1345 Ipm
- Dracote 1086 DB
- Dreycota, Dreycote 1221 Bracton 1275 RH
- Dreighcote Serne 1394 Pat
Etymology
v. dræg , cot(e) and Ekwall (Studies 46 ff.). There can be no question of any 'portage' or the like here, but there is a steep hill just to the north of the place which may have been called a dræg , Henry de Cerne held the manor in 1225 (Pat).The family probably came from Cerne (Do).