Description
Drayton, a village and a parish in Berks. The village stands near the Berks and Wilts Canal, 1 1/4 mile W of tne river Thames, 1 1/2 N from Steventon station on the G.W.R., and 2 1/2 miles SW of Abingdon, and has a post and money order office under Abingdon ; telegraph office, Steventon. The parish comprises 1851 acres; population, 585. The Manor House is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford; net yearly value, £132 with residence. Patron, Lord Wantage. The church is ancient, and has a curious Norman font. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
