In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Draycott like this:
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.
Draycott through time
Draycott is now part of Erewash district. Click here for graphs and data of how Erewash 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 Erewash and Derbyshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4807
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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