Drayton

English

Etymology

From Middle English Drayton, from Old English Drægtūn (literally “town where logs are dragged”), from draġan (“to draw, drag”) +‎ tūn (“enclosure, town”). Alternatively from Proto-Brythonic *treβ (“town, settlement”) + Old English tūn.

Proper noun

Drayton

1. A surname
2. Any of several places in England, with more in other countries named after the English ones.
   1. A village in Norfolk, England
   2. a hamlet in Daventry, Northamptonshire, England.
   3. a village in Cherwell, Oxfordshire, England.
   4. a village near Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England.
   5. A village in Somerset, England.

Derived terms

• Draytonian
• Market Drayton
• West Drayton

Anagrams

• tardyon