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.

Draycott

Early-attested site in the Parish of Blockley

Historical Forms

  • Draicota, Draycote 1208 Fees38 1275 SR

Etymology

'Cottages by the dræg,' but it is impossible to say in what particular sense that word is used here. The hamlet lies on a small affluent of Knee Brook.