| Official Name: | Draycot |
| Coordinates: | 51.748°N -1.062°W |
| Os Grid Reference: | SP6460 |
| Label Position: | left |
| Civil Parish: | Tiddington-with-Albury |
| Shire District: | South Oxfordshire |
| Shire County: | Oxfordshire |
| Region: | South East England |
| Country: | England |
| Post Town: | Thame |
| Postcode District: | OX9 |
| Postcode Area: | OX |
| Dial Code: | 01844 |
| Constituency Westminster: | Henley and Thame |
| Static Image Name: | Manor Farm, Draycot - geograph.org.uk - 184948.jpg |
Draycot is a hamlet on the River Thame, in the civil parish of Tiddington-with-Albury, in the South Oxfordshire district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is situated approximately 4½ miles to the west of Thame.[1] In 1881 it had a population of 17.[2]
The name derives from Old English dræg (a slipway or drag, a sledge, or a dray), with cot (a cottage or shelter).[3]
After the Norman Conquest the lord of the manor was Richard, son of Rainfrid de Bretteville whilst Milo of Wallingford was tenant-in-chief. In 1086, the Domesday Book recorded Draycot as having seven households (five villager and two slave). There were two ploughlands, one lord's plough team, one men's plough team, and a ten acre meadow.[4]
In 1886 the hamlet was incorporated into Waterstock civil parish, and subsequently in 1954 transferred to Tiddington-with-Albury, reducing Waterstock to 903 acres.[5] [6]