Drayton
Encyclopedia
In the United Kingdom
- Drayton, Hampshire
- Drayton, LeicestershireDrayton, LeicestershireDrayton is a village in Leicestershire, England in the district of Harborough. It was formerly in the Parish of Easton along with the nearby villages of Bringhurst and Great Easton. It has one of the smallest churches in England...
- Drayton, Lincolnshire
- Drayton, NorfolkDrayton, NorfolkDrayton, Norfolk, is a suburban village in the county of Norfolk and district of Broadland north west of Norwich. It is situated on the A1067 road between Hellesdon and Taverham.- History :...
- Drayton, NorthamptonshireDrayton, NorthamptonshireDrayton is a hamlet in England, in the county of Northamptonshire, in the parish and union of Daventry, hundred of Fawsley, ¾ of a mile on the low-lying western side of the town of Daventry.-History:...
- Drayton ReservoirDrayton ReservoirDrayton Reservoir is a reservoir in Daventry, Northamptonshire, England. The reservoir is accessible from the A361 near the northern edge of Daventry. Drayton Reservoir is a feeder reservoir for the Grand Union Canal. When water is required for the canal the water level at Drayton can drop by...
, Northamptonshire
- Drayton Reservoir
- Drayton, CherwellDrayton, CherwellDrayton is a village and civil parish in the valley of the Sor Brook in Oxfordshire, about northwest of Banbury.-Early history:Tesselated tiles and Roman coins found near the parish church indicate that there was a Roman villa in the area of what later became Drayton village.Drayton village is...
, Oxfordshire - Drayton, Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire
- Drayton St. LeonardDrayton St. LeonardDrayton St. Leonard is a village and civil parish on the River Thame in Oxfordshire, about southeast of Oxford.-Manor:The Domesday Book of 1086 does not list Drayton separately. At that time the land was part of the Bishop of Lincoln's estate of Dorchester. The village developed as a subsidiary of...
, Oxfordshire - Drayton, PortsmouthDrayton, PortsmouthDrayton is a residential area of the city of Portsmouth in the English county of Hampshire. Together with Farlington it makes up one of the administrative districts of the city....
- Drayton, SomersetDrayton, SomersetDrayton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated less than a mile from Curry Rivel and five miles southwest of Somerton in the South Somerset district. It is situated on the River Isle, near its confluence with the Parrett, and the former Westport Canal...
- Drayton, Warwickshire
- Drayton, WorcestershireDrayton, WorcestershireDrayton is a village in Worcestershire, England....
- Drayton BassettDrayton BassettDrayton Bassett is a village and civil parish in the District of Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. Nearby are the town of Tamworth and Middleton Lakes RSPB reserve, formerly a gravel quarry known in part as Drayton Bassett Pits.It formerly had a manor....
, Staffordshire - Drayton BeauchampDrayton BeauchampDrayton Beauchamp is a village and civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the east of the county, near the border boundary Hertfordshire, about six miles from Aylesbury and two miles from Tring.-History:...
, Buckinghamshire - Drayton Drewray, Norfolk
- Drayton ManorDrayton ManorDrayton Manor, one of Britain's lost houses, was a British stately home at Drayton Bassett, in the District of Lichfield, Staffordshire, England....
, Staffordshire- Drayton Manor Theme ParkDrayton Manor Theme ParkDrayton Manor Theme Park is a theme park, resort & zoo in the grounds of the former Drayton Manor, near Tamworth in Staffordshire, England.Drayton Manor is best known because it is a theme park and zoo which attracts around 1.4 million people a year. The attraction has a wide selection of rides set...
, Staffordshire (a theme park)
- Drayton Manor Theme Park
- Drayton ParslowDrayton ParslowDrayton Parslow is a village and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire about south of Bletchley.-Manor:In the 11th century the toponym was Draintone or Draitone. This is derived from Old English and means "farm where sledges are used"...
, Buckinghamshire - Fenny DraytonFenny DraytonFenny Drayton is a village in Leicestershire England, in the district of Hinckley and Bosworth. Near to the county border of Warwickshire and using a Warwickshire County postcode, it is just off the A444 road an old Roman road, north of Nuneaton close to its crossroads with the A5...
, Leicestershire - Market DraytonMarket DraytonMarket Drayton is a small market town in north Shropshire, England. It is on the River Tern, between Shrewsbury and Stoke-on-Trent, and was formerly known as "Drayton in Hales" and earlier simply as "Drayton" ....
, Shropshire - Drayton railway stationDrayton railway stationDrayton railway station is a former station in Norfolk, England. Constructed by the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway in the 1880s, on the line between Melton Constable and Norwich, it was closed to passengers in 1959. It served the settlement of Drayton now on the outskirts of Norwich...
in Norfolk, (closed) - Drayton Manor High SchoolDrayton Manor High SchoolDrayton Manor High School, formerly Drayton Manor Grammar School, is a comprehensive school located in Hanwell, Ealing, England. The current headteacher is Sir Pritpal Singh. The school is a specialist Humanities College. Its emblem is a phoenix rising from a crown with the legend 'Nec Aspera...
, Greater London - Drayton Green railway stationDrayton Green railway stationDrayton Green railway station is in the London Borough of Ealing in west London, and is in Travelcard Zone 4. The station and all trains serving it are operated by First Great Western...
, Greater London - Drayton Park railway stationDrayton Park railway stationDrayton Park railway station is on the Network Rail Northern City Line which carries First Capital Connect services between Moorgate and Welwyn Garden City or Hertford via Finsbury Park...
, Greater London - West DraytonWest DraytonWest Drayton is a suburban area in the London Borough of Hillingdon in the far west of London, England. Formerly part of the Yiewsley and West Drayton Urban District of Middlesex, the district became part of Greater London in 1965....
, Greater London
Outside the UK
- Drayton, QueenslandDrayton, QueenslandDrayton is an outer southwestern suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Toowoomba Region.The first substantial settlement on the Darling Downs in c.1842...
, Australia - Drayton, OntarioDrayton, OntarioDrayton is a community in Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. It is a part of the township of Mapleton in North Wellington County. The village is on the corner of Wellington Road 8 and Wellington Road 11, geographically northwest of Fergus and southwest of Arthur.-Education:Drayton is in the Upper...
, Canada - Drayton, North DakotaDrayton, North DakotaAs of the census of 2000, there were 913 people, 401 households, and 249 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,548.9 people per square mile . There were 440 housing units at an average density of 746.5 per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 97.81% White, 0.22%...
, USA
People
- Bill DraytonBill DraytonWilliam "Bill" Drayton is a social entrepreneur. Born in 1943 in New York City, U.S. Drayton was named by US News & World Report as one of America's 25 Best Leaders in 2005...
(born 1943), U.S. social entrepreneur and environmentalist - Charley DraytonCharley DraytonCharley Drayton is an American multi-instrumental musician and producer, who has played as a drummer and bass guitarist for many bands and artists and is currently the drummer in Australian rock bands Divinyls and Cold Chisel....
, U.S. musician - Dean DraytonDean DraytonRev. Dr. Prof. Dean Drayton B.Sc., B.D., Ph.D. is a minister of the Uniting Church in Australia, and was President of the UCA Assembly from July 2003 to July 2006. He lectures on a part-time basis in Missiology at Sydney's United Theological College .-Biography:Rodney Dean Drayton was born in...
(born 1941), Australian church leader - Jerome DraytonJerome DraytonJerome Drayton is a former long-distance runner who competed internationally for Canada. He was born as Peter Buniak in Germany. A prominent runner in the 1970s, he won the Fukuoka Marathon on three occasions, in 1969, 1975, and 1976...
(born 1945), Canadian distance runner - John DraytonJohn DraytonJohn Drayton was the 40th Governor of South Carolina on two non-consecutive occasions from 1800 to 1802 and 1808 to 1810, and was later a United States federal judge.-Early life and career:...
(1766-1822), Governor of South Carolina - Michael DraytonMichael DraytonMichael Drayton was an English poet who came to prominence in the Elizabethan era.-Early life:He was born at Hartshill, near Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England. Almost nothing is known about his early life, beyond the fact that in 1580 he was in the service of Thomas Goodere of Collingham,...
(1563-1631), English poet - Paul Drayton (athlete) (born 1939), U.S. athlete, gold medal winner at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
- Paul Drayton (composer)Paul Drayton (composer)Paul Drayton is a British composer, conductor, pianist, and teacher.He was educated at High Wycombe Royal Grammar School from 1956 to 1962. He studied music at Brasenose College, Oxford, and was subsequently Director of Music at New College School, Oxford...
, English musician - Percival DraytonPercival DraytonPercival Drayton was a United States Navy officer during the American Civil War.-Biography:Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Drayton was the son of a prominent lawyer William Drayton who eventually relocated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
(1812-1865), U.S. Navy officer - Thomas DraytonThomas DraytonThomas Fenwick Drayton was a plantation owner, politician, railroad president, and military officer, serving in the United States Army and then as a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:Drayton was a native of South Carolina, most...
(1809-1899), American Civil War Confederate general - William DraytonWilliam DraytonWilliam Drayton was an American politician, banker, and author from Charleston, South Carolina. He was the son of Federal Judge William Drayton, Sr. of South Carolina....
(1776-1846), U.S. congressman - William Drayton, Sr.William Drayton, Sr.William Drayton was an American lawyer and jurist from South Carolina.Born in Ashley River, South Carolina, Drayton was educated in the Middle Temple, in London, England in 1754. He read law to enter the South Carolina Bar in 1756, and was thereafter a Justice of the peace for Berkeley County,...
(1733-1790), U.S. lawyer and judge - William Henry DraytonWilliam Henry DraytonOther notable men have similar names, see: William Drayton .William Henry Drayton was an American planter and lawyer from Charleston, South Carolina...
(1742-1779), U.S. lawyer, South Carolina delegate to Continental Congress - William J. Drayton (born 1959), the real name of U.S. rap artist Flavor FlavFlavor FlavWilliam Jonathan Drayton, Jr. , better known by his stage name Flavor Flav, is an American rapper and television personality who rose to prominence as a member of the rap group Public Enemy...
- William L. DaytonWilliam L. DaytonWilliam Lewis Dayton was an American politician.A distant relation of U.S. House Speaker and U.S. Constitution signatory Jonathan Dayton, he was born in Basking Ridge, New Jersey to farmer Joel Dayton and his wife...
(1807-1864), U.S. Senator from New Jersey