| 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. |
