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Population
  
1,029 (2011)

Country
  
England

Postcode district
  
ST8 6xx

Shire county
  
Staffordshire

Region
  
West Midlands

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Police
  
Staffordshire

Post town
  
Stoke-on-Trent

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Draycott-in-the-Moors is a village between Newcastle-under-Lyme and Uttoxeter near the River Blythe. It is two and a half miles from Cheadle and is near Blythe Bridge railway station, on the North Staffordshire Railway.

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Map of Draycott in the Moors, Stoke-on-Trent, UK

In 1851 the parish contained 518 inhabitants. Sir Edward Vavasour, Bart., was the lord of the manor.

Notable residents

  • The recusant Draycot family lived in the parish. Anthony Draycot, priest, died here in 1571.
  • Joseph Reeves, a shepherd of this parish, who claimed to have lived to be 127 years old. He said he had never taken tobacco or physic, nor drank between meals, alleviating his thirst by rolling pebbles in his mouth."

    • References

    Draycott in the Moors Wikipedia
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