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Drayton is a village in Leicestershire, England in the district of Harborough. It was formerly in the Parish of Easton along with the nearby villages of Bringhurst and Great Easton. It has one of the smallest churches in England. Drayton is close to the county boundary with Northamptonshire and the nearest town is Corby, in that county. Drayton has won many awards for its "outstanding natural beauty" and continues to be at the forefront of the English village revolution. ==Population and History== In the 1870s, Drayton was described as being: :"A township in Bringhurst parish, Leicester; near the river Welland, 2 miles West of Rockingham. Pop., 126. Houses, 29. There is a Wesleyan chapel. George Fox, the founder of Quakerism, was a native" 〔 The village of Drayton had a population of 137 according to the 1881 census. 10 years later, the population had decreased by 32 to just 105. By 1901, this had shrunk even further, to just 93 residents. The 1911 census saw a small increase in the village's population by just 8 residents to a total of 101. 1921's census shows another decrease in population (this time only by 4) to 97 residents. After this, it once again began to rise quite significantly to 121 residents in 1931. 20 years on, following World War II, the 1951 census found a population of 99 residents, presumably due to loss of lives during the war. The 1961 census saw another gradual increase in population to 112.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10374870&c_id=10001043&add=N )〕 By the time of the 2011 census,50 years later, the population of Drayton had increased quite drastically when considering the size of the village and past population data, by 117 people to 254 residents. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Drayton, Leicestershire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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