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"DRAYTON, on the Fakenham road, 4 miles N.W. of Norwich, is a fine rural village, in the vale of the Wensum, and has in its parish 372 souls, and 1284A. of land, mostly in the bishop's manor of Drayton-with-Taverham, subject to fines certain, and partly in the manor of Drayton Hall (fines arbitrary,) of which N. Micklethwait, Esq., is lord. In the village are the remains of an ancient cross, which had an inscription in French, offering pardon to all who would pray for the souls of Wm. de Bellemonte and Joan, his wife. . . . The Church (St. Margaret,) has an antique font, a square tower, and three bells. The living is a rectory, valued in the King's Book at £6. 2s. 9d., and in 1831, at £670, with that of Hellesdon annexed to it. There are 14 acres of glebe in Drayton, and 30 acres in Hellesdon. The Bishop of Norwich is patron, and the Rev. Thomas John Blofeld incumbent. The tithes of Drayton were commuted, in 1839, for £253. 5s. 5d. per annum. Here is a small Baptist Chapel, built in 1840." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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| Baptist Church, Drayton, Baptist |
- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Taverham, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date. - The parish church is dedicated to St Margaret.
- Church of St Margaret
- Minister, services, etc.
- Church of St Margaret
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St Margaret
- Minister, services, etc.
- Husenbeth, Frederick Charles
- Mural Paintings at Drayton.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.3, 1849/1852]
- Methodist Church
- Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church.
- Parish Register Transcripts
- Baptisms 1813-1880
- Marriages
- These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
- Churchwardens' Rates
- Principal property occupiers and the amounts paid.
1846.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Drayton was in St Faith's Registration District.
- Drayton, Taverham and Thorpe Marriott
- Description, history, events, churches, pictures, businesses, etc.
- Checkland, Madeline A.
- Something about Drayton.
[Drayton, Drayton Church Council, 1970] - Checkland, Madeline A.
- More about Drayton.
[Drayton, 1985] - Drayton Post Mill
- Description, history and map.
- Drayton Smock Mill
- Description, history and map.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Drayton to another place.
Drayton is in Taverham Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Taverham Hundred
- Description of Taverham Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Barnes, Harold Douglas
- Drayton Lodge.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.29, 1946] - Inclosure
- See Hellesdon
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TG186136 (Lat/Lon: 52.675758, 1.231411), Drayton which are provided by:
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- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- After 1834 Drayton became part of the St Faith's Union, and the workhouse was at Horsham St Faith.
These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.
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There may be more people living in detached parts of the parish (if there were any) and, if so, the number may or may not be included in the figures above. It is quite difficult to be sure from the population tables.
- 1851 Census
- "In Drayton an increase of population has been caused by an influx of labourers employed at the paper-mills in the adjoining Parish of Taverham, where there are few cottages."
- 1861 Census
- "ST. FAITHS. The decrease of population in most of the parishes comprised in the District of St. Faiths is attributed to the migration of labourers and their families to the manufacturing districts."