Draycot, Oxfordshire

Draycot is a hamlet on the River Thame, in the civil parish of Tiddington-with-Albury, in the South Oxfordshire district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is situated approximately 4½ miles to the west of Thame.^[1] In 1881 it had a population of 17.^[2]

Draycot
Draycot Location within Oxfordshire
OS grid reference	SP6460
Civil parish	Tiddington-with-Albury
District	South Oxfordshire
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Thame
Postcode district	OX9
Dialling code	01844
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Henley
List of places UK England Oxfordshire 51°44′53″N 1°03′43″W / 51.748°N 1.062°W / 51.748; -1.062

The name derives from Old English dræg (a slipway or drag, a sledge, or a dray), with cot (a cottage or shelter).^[3]

After the Norman Conquest the lord of the manor was Richard, son of Rainfrid de Bretteville whilst Milo of Wallingford was tenant-in-chief. In 1086, the Domesday Book recorded Draycot as having seven households (five villager and two slave). There were two ploughlands, one lord's plough team, one men's plough team, and a ten acre meadow.^[4]

In 1886 the hamlet was incorporated into Waterstock civil parish, and subsequently in 1954 transferred to Tiddington-with-Albury, reducing Waterstock to 903 acres.^[5][6]

References

1. "Draycott". British History Online. Retrieved 8 March 2023. DRAYCOTT, a hamlet, in the parish of Ickford
2. "Population statistics Draycott Hmlt through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
3. "Key to English Place-names". University of Nottingham. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
4. "Domesday Book". OpenDomesday.
5. 'Parishes: Albury (with Tiddington)', in A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 5, Bullingdon Hundred, ed. Mary D Lobel (London, 1957), pp. 8-14. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol5/pp8-14 [accessed 16 November 2022]
6. 'Parishes: Waterstock', in A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 7, Dorchester and Thame Hundreds, ed. Mary Lobel (London, 1962), pp. 220-230. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol7/pp220-230 [accessed 7 December 2022]