Drayton, Vale of White Horse
Coordinates: 51°38′49″N 1°18′47″W / 51.647°N 1.313°W
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Drayton shown within Oxfordshire |
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| Population | 2,218 (2001 census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SU4794 |
| Civil parish | Drayton |
| District | Vale of White Horse |
| Shire county | Oxfordshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Abingdon |
| Postcode district | OX14 |
| Dialling code | 01235 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Wantage (UK Parliament constituency) |
| Website | Drayton-near-Abingdon |
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Drayton is a village and civil parish about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Abingdon, Oxfordshire. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.
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History [edit]
A site in Drayton was the subject of an episode of Time Team transmitted on 5 September 2010. It was entitled "In the Halls of a Saxon King": the Team tried to locate an Anglo Saxon royal complex.[2]
Parish church [edit]
The Church of England parish church of Saint Peter was built in the Norman style about 1200.[3] The Perpendicular Gothic bell tower was added later.[3] The chancel was rebuilt in 1872 and the Gothic Revival architect Edwin Dolby restored the church and added the south porch in 1879.[3]
Twinning [edit]
Since 2000 Drayton has been twinned with Lesparre-Médoc, a commune in the French département of Gironde.[4]
References [edit]
- ^ "Area selected: Vale of White Horse (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
- ^ "Time Team: Sutton Courtenay - Dig Report". Channel 4. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
- ^ a b c Pevsner, 1966, page 130
- ^ Propos Georges Regal (27 April 2010). "Subventions à la baisse, la grogne des associations". Journal Sud Ouest. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
Sources and further reading [edit]
- Page, William; Ditchfield, P.H., eds. (1924). A History of the County of Berkshire, Volume 4. Victoria County History. pp. 341–344.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). Berkshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 130.
External links [edit]
Media related to Drayton, Vale of White Horse at Wikimedia Commons
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