Centuries | ||
11th | 1086 | Domesday Book. Radulf Passaqua held land in “Draintone” |
13th | 1232 | William of Gaddesden presented as first Rector |
14th | 1302 | First record of Passelewe linked with Drayton in the name of the village |
1337 | Black Death. Nicholas Passelewe (Sheriff of Buckinghamshire) died with all his tenants save one man in Mursley. | |
14th-15th | Present church building under construction | |
16th | 1563 | Queen Elizabeth granted the manors of Drayton Parslow, Mursley and Salden to her cousin and Chancellor, Sir John Fortescue, for a consideration of £423.2s.4d |
Sir John built a substantial mansion at Salden | ||
17th | 1603 | James 1 and his family entertained at Salden |
1620s | Richard Chandler started a bell foundry | |
18th | 1730s | Salden House demolished |
1751 | Thomas Whorwood, descended from Sir John Fortescue, buried in the chancel at Drayton | |
1750s | John Lord, Rector, built a new rectory and opened a home for those of “troubled or unsound mind” | |
19th | 1820s | Robert, Lord Carrington, became Lord of the Manor |
1840s | Baptist Chapel built | |
1840s | Methodist Chapel built – the building now known as Carrington Hall. | |
1860s | Spurrell and his widow extended and improved the church | |
1878 | Board School opened | |
20th | 1912 | A new, larger Primitive Methodist Chapel opened in Main Road. |
1940s | Land at Prospect Farm commandeered as part of the Bletchley Park ‘Enigma’ operations. | |
1968-71 | Threat of Third London Airport | |
1977-78 | Drayton School was extended into what had been the Teacher’s House (self-help scheme). | |
1979-80 | Sports clubhouse built next to the cricket field (largely self-help) | |
1979-80 | Second threat of Third London Airport | |
21st | 2000 | Church restoration began. The exterior Totternhoe Clunch (a soft and crumbling stone) was replaced by a much more durable hard Bath stone. |
2002 | Greenacre Hall (new village hall) opened. It was named after Charlie Greenacre, an old Drayton resident who had donated a substantial sum to the village. | |
2004 | Part of Drayton was designated a conservation area. |