The recusant Draycot family lived in the parish. Anthony Draycot, priest, died here in 1571.
Joseph Reeves, a shepherd of this parish, who claimed to have lived to be 127 years old. He said he had never taken tobacco or physic, nor drank between meals, alleviating his thirst by rolling pebbles in his mouth."[2]
draycott, moors, village, staffordshire, england, between, stoke, trent, uttoxeter, near, river, blythe, half, miles, from, cheadle, draycott, arms, corner, uttoxeter, road, cheadle, roadlocation, within, staffordshirepopulation1, 2011, shire, countystaffordsh. Draycott in the Moors is a village in Staffordshire England It is between Stoke on Trent and Uttoxeter near the River Blythe It is two and a half miles from Cheadle 2 Draycott in the MoorsThe Draycott Arms is on the corner of Uttoxeter Road and Cheadle RoadDraycott in the MoorsLocation within StaffordshirePopulation1 029 2011 1 Shire countyStaffordshireRegionWest MidlandsCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townStoke on TrentPostcode districtST11Dialling code01782PoliceStaffordshireFireStaffordshireAmbulanceWest MidlandsUK ParliamentStoneList of places UK England Staffordshire 52 57 25 N 2 01 34 W 52 957 N 2 026 W 52 957 2 026In 1851 the parish contained 518 inhabitants Sir Edward Vavasour Bart was the lord of the manor Contents 1 Notable residents 2 Transport 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksNotable residents editThe recusant Draycot family lived in the parish Anthony Draycot priest died here in 1571 Joseph Reeves a shepherd of this parish who claimed to have lived to be 127 years old He said he had never taken tobacco or physic nor drank between meals alleviating his thirst by rolling pebbles in his mouth 2 Transport editIt is near Blythe Bridge railway station on the Crewe Derby line See also editListed buildings in Draycott in the Moors Cresswell StaffordshireReferences edit Civil Parish population Retrieved 6 December 2015 a b History Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire William White Sheffield 1851 accessed at Genuki 28 February 2009External links edit nbsp Media related to Draycott in the Moors at Wikimedia Commons nbsp This Staffordshire location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Draycott in the Moors amp oldid 1170126379, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
