 In 1894 the ancient parish of Draycot Foliat was added to the civil parish of Chiseldon.Since the earliest mentions of the settlement the name has been spelt in many ways including combinations of "Draycot", "Draycote", "Draycott", "Dreycot", and "Dreycott" with "Foliat", "Folliatt", "Foliatt" and "Folyat" and occasionally just "Crawecot" or just "Draycote".The preferred spelling currently is "Draycot Foliat" and that name appears on a local signpost, however many maps and similar resources give the spelling of "Draycott Foliat", considered incorrect by the inhabitants.