Drayton, Berkshire

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Drayton
Berkshire

St Peter's parish church
Location
Grid reference: SU4794
Location: 51°38’49"N, 1°18’47"W
Data
Population: 2,218  (2001)
Post town: Abingdon
Postcode: OX14
Dialling code: 01235
Local Government
Council: Vale of White Horse
Parliamentary
constituency:
Wantage
Website: Drayton-near-Abingdon

Drayton is a village in Berkshire about 2 miles south of Abingdon.

Parish church

The parish church of Saint Peter was built in the Norman style about 1200.[1] The Perpendicular Gothic bell tower was added later.[1] The chancel was rebuilt in 1872 and the Gothic Revival architect Edwin Dolby restored the church and added the south porch in 1879.[1]

Outside links

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Pevsner, 1966, page 130

Sources and further reading

  • Page, William; Ditchfield, P.H., eds (1924). A History of the County of Berkshire, Volume 4. Victoria County History. pp. 341–344. 
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). Berkshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 130. 

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