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DRAYCOTT, Derbyshire

"DRAYCOTT is a village, in the joint liberty of Draycott and Wilne, in the parish of Sawley, about seven miles S.E. front Derby. A manufactory for spinning cotton gives employment to many of the inhabitants, but the majority are employed in agriculture. The number of persons in the liberty, in the year 1831, was 1,074."

[Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]

Directories

• A Description of Draycott has been transcribed by Heather Faulkes from Pigot's Directory of 1828.

• Directory for Ilkeston and Heanor, with the villages of Breason, Draycott, Risley, Shipley, Sandiacre, West Hallam and neighbourhoods transcribed from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835 by Rosemary Lockie.

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Draycott from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

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