Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Drayton

Drayton, township, Bringhurst par., S. Leicestershire, 2 miles W. of Rockingham, pop. 137; birthplace of George Fox (1624-1690), founder of the Quakers or Society of Friends.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bringhurst AP/CP       Drayton Ch/CP/Tn       Leicestershire AncC
Place: Drayton

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