Drayton Parslow
It is in the north east of the Aylesbury Vale, about five miles east of Winslow. The village name Drayton is Anglo Saxon in origin and means farm where sledges are used . The school is quite small, with approximately forty-five pupils.It is a common place name in England, and refers to places that were perched on the hillside, thus requiring the use of a sledge rather than a cart to pull heavy loads. Drayton Parslow also has a pub The Three Horse Shoes . The Village school is now associated with the schools in Swanbourne and Mursley, all being under the leadership of one head teacher. .
The suffix Parslow derives from Passelaw , the ancient manorial family of the parish, commonly added to differentiate from another village in the county Drayton Beauchamp. Drayton Parslow Village School is a mixed, community, infant school, which takes children from the age of four through to the age of seven, when they generally move to a school in Stewkley or Winslow. Coordinates: 51°56′56″N 0°46′48″W / 51.949°N 0.780°W / 51.949; -0.780 Drayton Parslow is a village and is also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England.
