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 Kempsey

Historical Forms

  • Draycote, Draycott 1275 SR 1548 Pat 1590 Wills
  • Dreycote 1303 Wigorn
  • Dra(y)cott 1649 Surv

Etymology

v. dræg , cot . This place lies on gently rising ground, away from water, cf. Draycott in Blockley supra 99.