West Drayton, Nottinghamshire
Historical Description
Drayton, West, a village and a parish in Notts, on the river Idle, adjacent to the G.N.R., 3g- miles NNW of Tufford. Post town, Eetford; money order and telegraph office, Tuxford. Acreage, 680; population, 75. The landed proprietors are the Duke of Newcastle, who is lord of the manor, the Duke of Portland, and the Rector. The living is annexed to the rectory of East Markham, in the diocese of Southwell; gross joint value, £300 with residence. Patron, the Duke of Newcastle. The church is a small building in the Norman style, and was restored in 1874. There is an endowed school founded towards the end of the 17th century.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Nottinghamshire | |
Civil parish | East Markham | |
Poor Law union | East Retford | |
Wapentake | Bassetlaw |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for West Drayton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Drayton, West)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Nottinghamshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of West Drayton are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Nottinghamshire newspapers online:
- Nottingham Evening Post
- Nottinghamshire Guardian
- Nottingham Review and General Advertiser for the Midland Counties
- Nottingham Gazette, and Political, Literary, Agricultural & Commercial Register for the Midland Counties
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Nottinghamshire 1569 & 1614 is available on the Heraldry page.