Draughton
Draughton is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. It is situated approximately one mile east of Maidwell at grid reference SP762767. The villages name means 'dray farm/settlement'.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 71 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Draughton, Northamptonshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Maidwell and Church of All Saints, Lamport.
St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Maidwell
Church
Photo: Dave Kelly, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary the Virgin's Church is an Anglican Church and the parish church of Maidwell, Northamptonshire. It is a Grade II* listed building and stands on the south side of Draughton Road.
Church of All Saints, Lamport
Church
Photo: Chris Eaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of All Saints is the Church of England parish church of Lamport, Northamptonshire. It is a Grade I listed building and stands on the north side of the High Street.
Kelmarsh Hall
Garden
Photo: Portable Antiquities Scheme, CC BY 2.0.
Kelmarsh Hall in Northamptonshire, England, is an 18th-century country house about 5 miles south of Market Harborough and 11 miles north of Northampton. Kelmarsh Hall is situated 2½ miles northwest of Draughton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Faxton and Great Oxendon.
Faxton
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Faxton is an abandoned village in the civil parish of Lamport, in the West Northamptonshire district, in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire in England. Faxton is situated 1½ miles southeast of Draughton.
Great Oxendon
Village
Great Oxendon is a linear village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 307 people, increasing to 331 at the 2011 Census. Great Oxendon is situated 4½ miles north of Draughton.
Rothwell
Town
Photo: Immanuel Giel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rothwell is a market town and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England. It is situated 4 miles northwest of Kettering, 7 miles southeast of Market Harborough, and 8 miles southwest of Corby. Rothwell is situated 4½ miles northeast of Draughton.
Draughton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Lamport, Daventry District, West Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.38407° or 52° 23′ 3″ northLongitude
-0.88175° or 0° 52′ 54″ westPopulation
71Elevation
387 feet (118 metres)Open location code
9C4X94M9+J7OpenStreetMap ID
node 29673382OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2651012Wikidata ID
Q2683451
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Draughton” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Draughton (parokya sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Northamptonshire, lat 52,39, long -0,88)”
- Cebuano: “Draughton”
- Dutch: “Draughton”
- French: “Draughton”
- Irish: “Draughton”
- Ladin: “Draughton”
- Polish: “Draughton”
- Swedish: “Draughton, Northamptonshire”
- Swedish: “Draughton”
- Turkish: “Draughton, Northamptonshire”
- Welsh: “Draughton, Swydd Northampton”
- Welsh: “Draughton”
- “Draughton”
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