English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Grafton Underwood

Major Settlement in the Parish of Grafton Underwood

Historical Forms

  • Grastone 1086 DB
  • Grafton(e) 1166 P
  • Grafton juxta Craneford 1335 Ass
  • Grafton juxta Keteryng 1342 FF
  • Grafton Underwode 1367 Ass
  • Grafton by Geydyngton 1398 Cl
  • Grafton by Warton 1449 Ch
  • Grafton al. Grafton Underwood 1708 Recov
  • Crofton 1205 ClR

Etymology

'Grove farm,' v. grafa , tun . It lies near Rockingham Forest.

Places in the same Parish