Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DRAYTON

DRAYTON, a parish in the district of Abingdon and county of Oxford; on the river Thame, 5 miles E of Culham r. station, and 5 N of Wallingford. Post town, Dorchester, under Wallingford. Acres, 1, 260. Real property, £2, 078. Pop., 327. Houses, 65. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, not reported. Patron, Christ Church, Oxford. The church is small and plain. Charities, £5.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Drayton AP/CP       Oxfordshire AncC
Place: Drayton St Leonard

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