Grafton, Herefordshire Explained

Grafton is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England.[1] [2] The population of this civil parish was 258 at the 2011 census. The parish includes the villages of Grafton and Bullinghope, and is immediately to the south of Hereford city.

The origin of the place-name is from the Old English words graf and tun meaning a farmstead in or by a grove; the place-name appears as Crafton in 1303.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 149 Hereford & Leominster (Bromyard & Ledbury). 9780319229538 . Ordnance Survey. 2009.
  2. Web site: Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer . csv (download) . 1 January 2016 . Ordnance Survey . www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk . 18 February 2016.
  3. Book: A Dictionary of British Place Names. A.D.. Mills. Oxford University Press. Oxford. first published 1991. 2011. First edition revised 2011. 9780199609086. 211.

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