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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Grafton and Radcot

Historical Forms

  • Graptone 1086 DB
  • Graftona 1130 P
  • Graffton' 1244 RegAntiquiss

Etymology

'tūnby or in a grove,' v. grāf(a).

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement