Drayton, Northamptonshire
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Drayton 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.
but it is thought to be as old, or nearly as old, as Daventry. It is thought to have peasant origins, although a Roman pavement was discovered near to the hamlet in 1736. It was enclosed in 1753. There is a manor house within the hamlet and also a school built in 1859 which once catered for the education of 45 children; it is now a private residence.
Today the hamlet is all but a suburb of the town of Daventry although there are still many fine examples of Drayton’s older dwellings around the village green
, and in School Street.
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, in the county of Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...
, in the parish and union of Daventry
Daventry
Daventry is a market town in Northamptonshire, England, with a population of 22,367 .-Geography:The town is also the administrative centre of the larger Daventry district, which has a population of 71,838. The town is 77 miles north-northwest of London, 13.9 miles west of Northampton and 10.2...
, hundred of Fawsley
Fawsley
Fawsley is a hamlet and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire, England. The population at the 2001 census was 32....
, ¾ of a mile on the low-lying western side of the town of Daventry.
History
Not much is known about the origins of the hamletHamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
but it is thought to be as old, or nearly as old, as Daventry. It is thought to have peasant origins, although a Roman pavement was discovered near to the hamlet in 1736. It was enclosed in 1753. There is a manor house within the hamlet and also a school built in 1859 which once catered for the education of 45 children; it is now a private residence.
Today the hamlet is all but a suburb of the town of Daventry although there are still many fine examples of Drayton’s older dwellings around the village green
Village green
A village green is a common open area which is a part of a settlement. Traditionally, such an area was often common grass land at the centre of a small agricultural settlement, used for grazing and sometimes for community events...
, and in School Street.