The Domesday settlement at Drewton became a partly deserted medieval village (DMV), possibly at the time of the 14th-century Black Death. There was a further decline in the second half of the 17th century to leave only Drewton Manor and a farmhouse. Four houses were added in the mid-20th century.[3] A later Drewton Manor, built in stone about 1850, is the centre of the Drewton Estate, which includes residential buildings, gardens, a lake, and a farm of 1,138 acres (4.6 km2). The Estate, which today holds game shoots, was valued at £6 million when offered for sale in 2004.[4]
At Drewton is a naturally formed stone monolith called St Austin's Stone.[4][7]Bulmer's History and Directory of East Yorkshire repeats what it says is a commonly held view that Drewton's name might derive from 'Druids' town', and mentions the "huge monolith" of "St Augustine's Stone" that was supposed to be connected with Druid worship, and as the place where Saint Augustine preached to the Saxons, although stating that no record of the saint exists of him ever visiting Yorkshire. A Roman road which crossed the Humber at Brough passed through or near Drewton, the Roman occupation leaving many remains in the settlement.[6]
