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

Early-attested site in the Parish of Marton

Historical Forms

  • Graftune, Grafton(a) 1086 DB 1109–14,1180–9,l.12 YCh729–32 1198 Fount 13 1202–8 Ass 1817 M

Etymology

Grafton, Graftune , Grafton (a )1086 DB, 1109–14, 1180–9, l. 12 YCh 729–32, 1198 Fount, 13 Font, Malton 60, 1202–8 Asset passim to 1817 M. 'Farmstead in the wood', v. grāf , tūn .