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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.

Draycot Fitz Payne

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wilcot

Historical Forms

  • Draicote 1086 DB
  • Draycote 1289 Ass 1316 FA 1327 SR
  • Draicot Rogeri filii Pagani 1300 For
  • Dracott 1571 SR

Etymology

'Cot(e) by the steep ascent,' v. dræg and supra 69. The place lies just below a very steep hill. Margery Fizpayn held the manor in 1327 (SR ).