Drayton, Northamptonshire

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Drayton
Drayton Green
Drayton shown within Northamptonshire
Population	6,415 (2001 Census) Includes Daventry
OS grid reference	SP5763
District	Daventry
Shire county	Northamptonshire
Region	East Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DAVENTRY
Postcode district	NN11
Dialling code	01327
Police	Northamptonshire
Fire	Northamptonshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
European Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Daventry
List of places: UK • England • Northamptonshire

Coordinates: 52°16′N 1°11′W / 52.26, -1.18

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^[1].

[edit] History

Not much is known about the origins of the hamlet 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.