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ID: 7031272
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7031272

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Drayton (inhabited place)  Drayton (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 52 04 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 52.0667  decimal degrees
Long: 001 22 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -1.3667  decimal degrees

Note: Located in the valley of the Sor Brook in Oxfordshire, about 2 miles northwest of Banbury. Was the site of a Roman settlement; then Saxon. In 1086 Drayton had a water mill on Sor Brook near the village. A mill is also later recorded 1589-1851. The parish church of Saint Peter was in existence by 1223. There is another town called Drayton, also with a church of St. Peter, in Oxfordshire.

Names:
Drayton (preferred,C,V,English-P,U)
Drayton Cherwell (C,V)
Draitone (H,V)  ............ recorded in 1086
Draitune (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United Kingdom (nation)  ........  United Kingdom (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of England (country)  ............  England (country) (P)
Hierarchy of Oxfordshire (county)  ................  Oxfordshire (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Drayton (inhabited place)  ....................  Drayton (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
village (C)
mill center (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Draitone..........  [VP]
.................  Domesday Book (1985)
Draitune..........  [VP]
.................  Domesday Book (1985)
Drayton..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Domesday Book (1985) 217
.................  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1999) 229
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Drayton Cherwell..........  [VP]
.............................  Gazetteer of British Place Names [online] (2004-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Domesday Book (1985) 217
..................  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1999) 229
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2594608
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Gazetteer of British Place Names [online] (2004-)

 

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