Draycott, Somerset (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Draycott is a village in Somerset, England, neighbouring the village of Cheddar on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is within the parish of Rodney Stoke.There is some evidence of occupation of the site in the Iron Age including an unfinished earthwork enclosure on the hill above Draycott.The village was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Draicote, meaning 'The dray shelter' from the Old English dragan and cot. Another derivation is from the Brythonic from Tre meaning settlement and Coet meanings woods.