In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Draycot Foliat like this:
DRAYCOTT-FOLIATT, a parish in Highworth district, Wilts; 4½ miles SSE of Swindon, and 5½ SSE of Swindon r. station. Post town, Chisledon, under Swindon. Acres, 702. Real property, £1, 075. Pop., 27. Houses, 5. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £165. Patron, A. Goddart, Esq. There is no church. Bishop Buckeridge, the writer against Bellarmine, was a native.
Draycot Foliat through time
Draycot Foliat is now part of Swindon district. Click here for graphs and data of how Swindon has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Draycot Foliat itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Draycot Foliat, in Swindon and Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20899
Date accessed: 01st May 2024
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