Draycott, Gloucestershire
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Draycott is a small hamlet in north
Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( , ; abbreviated Glos.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Herefordshire to the north-west, Worcestershire to the north, Warwickshire to the north-east, Oxfordshire ...
between
Moreton-in-Marsh Moreton-in-Marsh is a market town in the Evenlode Valley, within the Cotswolds district and Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Gloucestershire, England. Its flat and low-lying site is surrounded by the Cotswold Hills. The River Evenlode r ...
and
Blockley Blockley is a village, Civil parish#United Kingdom, civil parish and Parish, ecclesiastical parish in the Cotswold (district), Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England, about northwest of Moreton-in-Marsh. Until 1931 Blockley was an Encl ...
, within Blockley civil parish. It is not mentioned in
Domesday Book Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...
but was in existence by 1182. Draycott has a green and each summer a barbecue is held there for the locals.


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References in history of Blockley parish, at www.british-history.ac.uk
(2007-05-23)
Brief reference at www.british-history.ac.ukLocation and picture at www.geograph.org.uk
Villages in Gloucestershire Cotswold District {{Gloucestershire-geo-stub