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Draycot, Oxfordshire

Coordinates: 51°44′53″N 1°03′43″W / 51.748°N 1.062°W / 51.748; -1.062
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Draycot
Draycot is located in Oxfordshire
Draycot
Draycot
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Postcode districtOX9
Dialling code01844
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51°44′53″N 1°03′43″W / 51.748°N 1.062°W / 51.748; -1.062

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]

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

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  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]