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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 Confede ...

Legal cases

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United States v. Drayton ''United States v. Drayton'', 536 U.S. 194 (2002), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court clarified the applicability of Fourth Amendment protections to searches and seizures that occur on buses, as well as the function of consent d ...

'', 536 U.S. 194 (2002)

Places

Australia

Drayton, Queensland Drayton is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Drayton had a population of 1,710 people. Drayton is at the outer southwestern edge of Toowoomba. It was first substantial settlement on the Darling Downs, ini ...

, a locality in the Toowoomba Region *

Shire of Drayton The Shire of Drayton was a local government area in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, west of Toowoomba. It existed between 1887 and 1949. History The ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' created local government areas across Queensla ...

, a former local government area in Queensland

Canada

Drayton, Ontario Drayton is a community in Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. It is a part of the township of Mapleton. The village is on the corner of Wellington Road 8 and Wellington Road 11, geographically northwest of Fergus and southwest of Arthur. Histo ...

United Kingdom

Drayton, Hampshire Drayton is a residential area of the city of Portsmouth in the English county of Hampshire. Together with Farlington, its parent area, it makes up one of the electoral wards of the city. History The earliest mention of Drayton was as a manor ...

, a close suburb of Portsmouth *

Drayton, Leicestershire Drayton is a small village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Harborough District, Harborough district of south-east Leicestershire, bordering Northamptonshire and Rutland. It is situated 6.7 miles (11 km) northeast of Mar ...

Drayton, Norfolk Drayton, Norfolk, is a suburban village in the English county of Norfolk. The village is located in the district of Broadland, north west of Norwich, on the A1067 road between Hellesdon and Taverham. Today, Drayton is largely dominated by the Th ...

, a satellite village of Norwich *

Drayton, Northamptonshire Drayton is a hamlet in England, in the county of Northamptonshire, in the parish of Daventry, from the centre, occupying mainly with suburban housing the lower-lying north western side of the town. Toponymy The name derives from the Old Engli ...

, a suburb of Daventry *

Drayton, Cherwell Drayton is a village and civil parish in the valley of the Sor Brook in Oxfordshire, about northwest of Banbury. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 242. Early history Tesselated tiles and Roman coins found near the parish ch ...

, Oxfordshire, a satellite village of Banbury *

Drayton, Vale of White Horse Drayton is a village and civil parish about south of Abingdon, Oxfordshire. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The parish includes the hamlet of Sutton Wick. The 2011 Census recorded the ...

, Oxfordshire, a satellite village of Abingdon * Drayton St. Leonard, Oxfordshire, locally abbreviated sometimes to Drayton *

Drayton, Somerset Drayton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, focussed less than a mile from Curry Rivel and five miles southwest of Somerton in the South Somerset district. It adjoins the River Isle, near its confluence with the Parrett, and the f ...

Drayton Beauchamp Drayton Beauchamp (pronounced 'Beecham') is a village and civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the east of the county bordering Hertfordshire, about six miles from Aylesbury and two miles from Tring. ...

, Buckinghamshire *Drayton, a former hamlet, later known as Drayton Green, now part of

West Ealing West Ealing is a district in the London Borough of Ealing, in West London. The district is about west of Ealing Broadway. Although there is a long history of settlement in the area, West Ealing in its present form is less than one hundred years ...

, Greater London **

Drayton Green railway station Drayton Green railway station is in the London Borough of Ealing in west London, and is in Travelcard Zone 4. It is on the Greenford branch line north of where it joins the Great Western Main Line at from . History It first opened as Drayt ...

Drayton Manor High School Drayton Manor High School, formerly Drayton Manor Grammar School, is an Academy (English school), academy school located in Hanwell, west London, England. The school was granted academy status in August 2011. Its emblem is a phoenix rising from ...

* Drayton, the south-east of the parish of

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 ...

* Drayton, a reduced, much renamed and subdivided estate of

Barton Stacey Barton Stacey is a village and undulating civil parish, which includes the hamlets of Bransbury, Newton Stacey, Drayton and Cocum, in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England, centred about south-east of Andover. It is bounded to the n ...

, north-west Hampshire * Drayton, a reduced, partly renamed and subdivided estate of

South Petherton South Petherton is a village and civil parish in the South Somerset district of Somerset, England, located east of Ilminster and north of Crewkerne. The parish had a population of 3,367 in 2011 and includes the smaller village of Over Stra ...

, Somerset *

Drayton, Worcestershire Drayton is a hamlet in Worcestershire, England which remains part of the ecclesiastical parish of Chaddesley Corbett, which from its select vestry formed a civil parish and which also continues. Belne Brook, which originates in the Clent Hills an ...

, a largely subdivided estate of Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire

United States

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 William Drayton (December 30, 1776May 24, 1846) was an American politician, banker, and writer who gr ...

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, t ...

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 Drayto ...

, an unincorporated community *

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 exa ...

, South Carolina

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United Kingdom

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 t ...

, Staffordshire *

, Buckinghamshire *

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 thir ...

, Northamptonshire *

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 ...

, Staffordshire **

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 yea ...

, Staffordshire *

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 lin ...

, Greater London *

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 1 ...

, Buckinghamshire *

East Drayton East Drayton is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 212, increasing to 252 at the 2011 Census. It is located 3 miles west of Dunham, Nottinghamshire, Dunham-on-Trent. The St Peter's Church, E ...

, Nottinghamshire *

Fenny Drayton Fenny Drayton (once Drayton-in-the-Clay) is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Witherley, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England. OS Explorer Map 232: Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000): It lies nea ...

, Leicestershire *

Market Drayton Market Drayton is a market town and electoral ward in the north of Shropshire, England, close to the Cheshire and Staffordshire borders. It is on the River Tern, and was formerly known as "Drayton in Hales" (c. 1868) and earlier simply as "Dray ...

, Shropshire *

West Drayton West Drayton is a suburban town in the London Borough of Hillingdon. It was an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex and from 1929 was part of the Yiewsley and West Drayton Urban District, which became part of Greater London in 1965. The se ...

, Greater London *

West Drayton, Nottinghamshire West Drayton is a village and civil parish in the Bassetlaw district in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies north east of Nottingham and south of Retford. In 2011 the parish had a population of 225. The parish includes the villa ...

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