Welcome

We have been researching the Drakefords for more than 40 years, and have set up this website so that we can share some of our discoveries with you. We hope that you will find it interesting.

Who are we today?

8/4/2020 St Mary's Church Drakeford arms

The Drakeford arms

The Drakeford arms were in use by the family for many years and can be seen on monuments in St Mary's Church, Stafford and on a 1746 map of Staffordshire. They appear in a...

8/4/2020 Tunstall

The Drakeford surname

The earliest reference we have found so far to the Drakeford surname is to a William Drakeford and Walter his brother in Staffordshire in the year 1206. Analysis of other early data indicates...

Interesting Facts

There are all kinds of interesting facts that we have discovered...