Dry Drayton
village · Cambridgeshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Dry Drayton is an Old English name meaning 'dry settlement on the Dray'. The 'dry' likely refers to the ground conditions, and 'Dray' may refer to a track or path.
Word origins
- Dry
- Old Englishdry(from drīg "dry")
- Drayton
- Old EnglishAttestedsettlement on the track(from dræge "track, path", -ingtūn "people of, settlement")