Somerset
Mendip District
Rodney Stoke

Draycott

Draycott is a village in , England, neighbouring the village of on the southern edge of the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is now the larger village in the civil parish of .
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  • Type: Village with 1,060 residents
  • Description: village in Mendip, Somerset, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Draycott, Somerset”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Peter and Cheddar Gorge.

Church
St Peter's Church is an Anglican in Draycott, Somerset, England. It dates from 1861. Designed by Charles Edmund Giles, the church is a Grade II listed building.

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is a limestone in the , near the village of , England. The gorge is the site of the Cheddar show caves, where Great Britain's oldest complete human skeleton, Cheddar Man, estimated to be 9,000 years old, was found in 1903. is situated 2 miles north of Draycott.

Church
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The Church of St Leonard in , , England, was built around 1175 and is a Grade I listed building. The interior of the church contains a screen, bearing the date 1624, the gift of Sir Edward Rodney, which includes a representation of the martyrdom of St Erasmus, who was killed by having his entrails removed.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rodney Stoke and Cheddar.

Village
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is a small village and civil parish, located at grid reference ST486501, 5 miles north-west of , in the county of . The village is on the A371 between Draycott and .

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is a large village, with the largest gorge and caves in Britain. It has a population of around 5,800. The village gave its name to cheese.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in , England. The village is on the southern slopes of the , 4 miles from and . The parish boundary is formed by the River Axe. is situated 2 miles southeast of Draycott.

Draycott

Latitude
51.25567° or 51° 15′ 20″ north
Longitude
-2.75094° or 2° 45′ 3″ west
Population
1,060
Elevation
154 feet (47 metres)
Open location code
9C3V764X+7J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 427964778
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2651008
Wiki­data ID
Q5306087
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Swedish—“Draycott” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Draycott, Somerset”
  • Irish: “Draycott”
  • Japanese: “ドレイコット (サマセット)”
  • Polish: “Draycott (Somerset)”
  • Polish: “Draycott”
  • Spanish: “Draycott”
  • Swedish: “Draycott, Mendip”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Rodney Stoke and Draycott Cemetery and Stoke Woods.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Draycott”. Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.