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Drayton Railway Station, Queensland
Drayton may refer to: People * Drayton (surname) Legal cases * ''United States v. Drayton'', 536 U.S. 194 (2002) Places Australia *Drayton, Queensland, a locality in the Toowoomba Region *Shire of Drayton, a former local government area in Queensland Canada * Drayton, Ontario United Kingdom * Drayton, Hampshire, a close suburb of Portsmouth * Drayton, Leicestershire * Drayton, Norfolk, a satellite village of Norwich * Drayton, Northamptonshire, a suburb of Daventry * Drayton, Cherwell, Oxfordshire, a satellite village of Banbury * Drayton, Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, a satellite village of Abingdon * Drayton St. Leonard, Oxfordshire, locally abbreviated sometimes to Drayton * Drayton, Somerset * Drayton Beauchamp, Buckinghamshire *Drayton, a former hamlet, later known as Drayton Green, now part of West Ealing, Greater London ** Drayton Green railway station ** Drayton Manor High School * Drayton, the south-east of the parish of Swineshead, Lincolnshire * Drayton, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drayton (surname)
Drayton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Military * Percival Drayton (1812–1865), United States Navy officer, son of US Congressman William Drayton of South Carolina * Thomas Drayton (1809–1899), American Civil War Confederate general, son of US Congressman William Drayton of South Carolina Performing arts * Charley Drayton (born 1965), American drummer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer – grandson of jazz bassist Charlie Drayton * Charlie Drayton (1919–1953), American jazz bassist * Clay Drayton (born 1947), American songwriter and record producer * Paul Drayton (composer), English musician * Poppy Drayton (born 1991), English actress * Flavor Flav (born William J. Drayton in 1959), American rap artist Public service and law * John Drayton (1766–1822), Governor of South Carolina * Joy Drayton (1916–2012), New Zealand teacher and politician * William Drayton (1776–1846), American congressman * William Henry Drayton (1742–1779), Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swineshead, Lincolnshire
Swineshead is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Boston in Lincolnshire, England. It is west of the town of Boston. The population of the civil parish including Baythorpe was 2,810 at the 2011 census. The parish includes the areas of Swineshead Bridge and North End to the north, Fenhouses and Blackjack to the east, and Drayton to the south. History The lost village of Stenning, or Estovening, mentioned in the ''Domesday book'' of 1086 is represented by the site of the moated Estovening Hall, which was the manor house of the Holland family. Ralph, founder of the Estovening branch of the Holland family was buried in Swinehead Abbey in 1262. A medieval motte castle is believed to have been constructed in the 12th century by the de Gresley family, lords of the manor of Swineshead at Manwar Ings. The remains of the castle are visible as substantial earthworks, which are a scheduled monument. The easiest access to the motte is by turning off the A52 at thManor Farm Shopw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drayton Parslow
Drayton Parslow is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of Buckinghamshire, England, about south of Bletchley. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 596, increasing at the 2011 census to 614. Toponym In the 11th century the toponym was ''Draintone'' or ''Draitone''. This is derived from Old English and means "farm where sledges are used". It is a common English toponym for places that were on a hillside, where a sledge rather than a cart was needed for heavy loads. By the 13th century it had become ''Draitone Passele'', referring to the Passelewe family, who tenanted the manor of Drayton from the latter part of the 11th century. It evolved through ''Draygtone Passelewe'' in the 14th century and ''Draighton Perselow'' in the 17th century before reaching its current form. Manor In the reign of Edward the Confessor in the 11th century, Lewin de Nuneham held a manor of two hides and one virgate at Drayton. After the Norman conquest of England Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drayton Park Railway Station
Drayton Park is a National Rail station in Highbury, in the London Borough of Islington. It is on the Northern City Line between Highbury & Islington station, Highbury & Islington and Finsbury Park station, Finsbury Park stations, down the line from ; it is in Travelcard Zone 2. The station is operated by Govia Thameslink Railway, Great Northern. It is just off the Holloway Road near its southern end, close to the Liverpool Road junction. It stands in the shadow of Arsenal F.C., Arsenal football club's Emirates Stadium, but is shut prior to weekend matches and after all matches due to safety concerns of hosting fans on the station's narrow island platform. History Drayton Park was opened by the Northern City Line, Great Northern & City Railway (GN&CR) on 14 February 1904. The GN&CR was constructed to provide a route for Great Northern Railway (Great Britain), Great Northern Railway (GNR) trains between the GNR station at Finsbury Park and the Metropolitan Railway (MR) an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drayton Manor Theme Park
Drayton Manor Resort is a family theme park, zoo and accommodation in the grounds of the former Drayton Manor, in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England, UK. It covers , of which about are in use, and hosts about 1.5 million people each year. It is the fourth-largest amusement park in the UK by land area at . The park is also home to Thomas Land and Drayton Manor Zoo, home to over 500 animals, including Red pandas, Eurasian lynx, Sumatran tigers and a variety of monkeys and gibbons. On 3 August 2020, Drayton Manor Park was sold to Looping Group, who own two other attractions in the UK, West Midland Safari Park and Pleasurewood Hills. History The land on which the theme park was built on once belonged to the Peel family. Drayton Manor mansion, built for Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet in 1835, had been reduced to ruins by 1926, with only the clocktower surviving at the park entrance. The British Army requisitioned it as a training post during World War II. After the war, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drayton Manor
Drayton Manor, one of Britain's lost houses, was a British stately home at Drayton Bassett, since its formation in the District of Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. In modern administrative areas, it was first put into Tamworth Poor Law Union and similar Rural Sanitary District, 1894 to 1934 saw its inclusion in Tamworth Rural District, and in the next forty years it lay in the 1974-abolished Lichfield Rural District. History The manor was owned from the time of the Norman conquest by the Bassett family until in the 13th century.''A Survey of Staffordshire, containing the Antiquities of that County'' (1820) Sampson Erdeswick updated by Thomas Harwood. p. 308. Google Books. The male line failed and Margaret Bassett, heiress to the estate, married Edmund Lord Stafford. The estate remained in the ownership of the Earl of Stafford until the attainder and execution of the Duke of Buckingham (the 7th Earl) in 1483, when it passed to the Crown. Thereafter several owners included th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drayton House
Drayton House is a country house south-west of the village of Lowick, Northamptonshire, England. History Aubrey de Vere I participated in the Norman conquest of England and was awarded the manor of Drayton near Northampton. In the early thirteenth century, Sir Walter de Vere dropped the "de Vere" family name, and assumed the surname "Drayton". The core of the house was built by Sir Simon de Drayton around 1300 and still survives. He received his licence to crenellate in 1328. There have been changes to the house in each century since, including works recorded by Isaac Rowe, John Webb, William Talman, Gerard Lanscroon, William Rhodes, Alexander Roos, George Devey and John Alfred Gotch. However, the house is important for the transformation it underwent during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. There is a unique spiral cantilever oak staircase dating from around 1680 and an embroidered State Bed from 1700. In 1770 the house passed to the Sackville family. Two rooms wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drayton Bassett
Drayton Bassett is a village and civil parish since 1974 in Lichfield District in Staffordshire, England. The village is on the Heart of England Way, a footpath. Much of the housing is clustered together but more than half is 20th century in the parish as a whole. In the parish is Drayton Manor Theme Park, occupying a large minority of its land. North of the adjoining suburb or town of Fazeley is the large town of Tamworth. The eastern lands of the parish form the bulk of Middleton Lakes RSPB reserve which has lakes of various sizes and has replaced an area of gravel workings (excavation). History Geographic history After the Norman Conquest the manor came to the Basset(t) (of Drayton) family until the change of ruling dynasty/faction year 1483, when it passed to the Earls of Leicester. From about 1600 it belonged to the Earls of Essex. It was sold piecemeal but its bulk was sold from the Marquis of Bath to Sir Robert Peel, 1st Baronet, father of the later Prime Minister, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drayton Hall
Drayton Hall is an 18th-century plantation located on the Ashley River about 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Charleston, South Carolina, and directly across the Ashley River from North Charleston, west of the Ashley in the Lowcountry. An example of Palladian architecture in North America and the only plantation house on the Ashley River to survive intact through both the Revolutionary and Civil wars, it is a National Historic Landmark. Description The house has a double projecting portico on the west facade, which faces away from the river and toward the land side approach from Ashley River Road. The portico resembles a similar feature at the Villa Cornaro near Venice, Italy, designed by Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio in 1551. The floor plan of Drayton Hall is Palladian-inspired as well, perhaps derived from Plate 38 of James Gibbs' ''A Book of Architecture'', the influential pattern-book published in London in 1728. A large central entrance stair hall with a sym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drayton, South Carolina
Drayton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Spartanburg County, in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 1,115. History A post office called Drayton has been in operation since 1904. The community was named for William Henry Drayton (1742–1779), a South Carolina delegate to Continental Congress. Education Spartanburg County School District 7 serve Drayton. It operates Spartanburg High School Spartanburg High School is the public high school in Spartanburg, South Carolina. It is part of Spartanburg County School District No. 7. The current principal is Vance Jones, a former assistant principal at the school. The district includes m .... Demographics 2020 census ''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.'' References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drayton, North Dakota
Drayton is a city in Pembina County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 757 at the 2020 census. Drayton was founded in 1878. Geography Drayton is located at (48.561091, -97.179414). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. History Drayton was originally called Hastings Landing. It was given its present name by Canadian settlers from Drayton, Ontario. A drawbridge, built in anticipation of riverboat traffic returning to the upper Red River, was built in 1911 to connect Drayton to Minnesota. Because of low river levels the riverboats never materialized, with the result that the drawbridge never needed to be raised. Economy The main employer in the area is American Crystal Sugar, which operates a sugar refinery on the outskirts of town, providing 140 year round and 75 seasonal jobs. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 824 people, 389 households, and 225 families living in the city. The p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drayton, Georgia
Drayton is an unincorporated community in Dooly County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. History The community was named after William Drayton (1776–1846), an American congressman. A post office called Drayton was established in 1836, and remained in operation until 1901. The Georgia General Assembly The Georgia General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is bicameral, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Each of the General Assembly's 236 members serve two-year terms and are directly ... incorporated the place in 1869 as the "Town of Drayton". The town's municipal charter was dissolved in 1995. References Former municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state) Unincorporated communities in Dooly County, Georgia Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state) Populated places disestablished in 1995 {{DoolyCountyGA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
