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Drayton.

Any of several places in England, with more in other countries named after the English ones:

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name/ˈdɹeɪ.tən/

  1. Any of several places in England, with more in other countries named after the English ones: A suburban area of Portsmouth, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU672860).

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  2. Any of several places in England, with more in other countries named after the English ones: A village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP830922).

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  3. Any of several places in England, with more in other countries named after the English ones: A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG185135).

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  4. Any of several places in England, with more in other countries named after the English ones: A suburb of Daventry, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP5662).

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  5. Any of several places in England, with more in other countries named after the English ones: A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4241).

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  6. Any of several places in England, with more in other countries named after the English ones: A village and civil parish near Abingdon, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire.

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  7. Any of several places in England, with more in other countries named after the English ones: A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST404248).

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  8. Any of several places in England, with more in other countries named after the English ones: A hamlet in Chaddesley Corbett parish, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO906760).

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  9. Any of several places in England, with more in other countries named after the English ones: A locality in Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.

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  10. Any of several places in England, with more in other countries named after the English ones: A community in Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.

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  11. Any of several places in England, with more in other countries named after the English ones: An unincorporated community in Dooly County, Georgia, United States.

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  12. Any of several places in England, with more in other countries named after the English ones: A city in Pembina County, North Dakota, United States.

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  13. Any of several places in England, with more in other countries named after the English ones: An unincorporated community in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States.

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  14. A habitational surname from Old English.

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Where this word comes from

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.

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