Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DRAYCOTT

DRAYCOTT, a liberty in Wilne parish, Derbyshire; on the river Derwent and the Midland Counties railway, 6½ miles ESE of Derby. It has a station on the railway, and a post office‡ under Derby. Real property, £5, 373. Pop., with Church-Wilne, 1, 156. Houses, 251.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a liberty"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Wilne Ch       Derbyshire AncC
Place: Draycott

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