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

Other OS name in the Parish of Scottow

Historical Forms

  • campus de Draytone c.1220 Holme
  • Drayton feld 1250 ib

Etymology

( lost ) , campus de Draytone c. 1220Holme ,Drayton feld 1250ib , v. dræg ' drag, slipway ' and tūn ( cf. Drayton , Taverham Hundred ) .