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47: 426: 31: 526: 54: 220: 414:. They are all listed as Grade II in the Daventry list under Orchard Street, the Orchards and School Street. They include the Manor House and the school built in 1859 which once catered for the education of 45 children, but it is now a private residence. 469: 378:"Drægtūn", meaning "farmstead at or near a portage or slope used for dragging down loads" or "Farmstead where drays or sledges are used". This is a common place-name throughout 407:
It was enclosed in 1753. In recent years the hamlet has expanded and is surrounded by and is part of the modern town of Daventry (both civil and ecclesiastical parishes).
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but it is thought to be as old, or nearly as old, as Daventry. It is thought to have peasant origins, although a Roman pavement was discovered near to the hamlet in 1736.
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mile (1.2 km) from the centre, occupying mainly with suburban housing the lower-lying north western side of the town.
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There are seven buildings or groups of buildings on the
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Drayton is located in Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
2001 Census
OS grid reference
SP5763
Unitary authority
West Northamptonshire
Ceremonial county
Northamptonshire
Region
East Midlands
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
NN11
Dialling code
Police
Northamptonshire
Fire
Northamptonshire
Ambulance
East Midlands
UK Parliament
Daventry
UK
England
Northamptonshire

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