In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Drayton House like this:
DRAYTON HOUSE, a seat 2 miles NW of Thrapston, in Northamptonshire. It was built in the time of Henry VI., by the Greens; and it passed to the Sackvilles and the Stopfords. Part of a Roman pavement was found at it in 1736.
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Drayton House through time
Drayton House is now part of East Northamptonshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how East Northamptonshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Drayton House itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Drayton House in East Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25257
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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