In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Draycott like this:
DRAYCOTT, a chapelry in Cheddar and Stoke-Rodney parishes, Somerset; under the Mendip hills, 4 miles SE of Axbridge, and 5¼ WNW of Wells r. station. Post town, Cheddar, under Weston-super-Mare. Pop., 618. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £86. Patron, alternately the Vicar of Cheddar and the Rector of Stoke-Rodney. The church was built in 1862, at a cost of £1, 500; consists of nave, chancel, and transept, with vestry and bell-turret; and is in the early decorated style.
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Draycott through time
Draycott is now part of Mendip district. Click here for graphs and data of how Mendip has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Draycott itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Draycott, in Mendip and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24427
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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