Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 54.0644°N -1.3646°W |
Official Name: | Grafton |
Static Image: | File:Village_Green_at_Grafton_-_geograph.org.uk_-_365223.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Village green |
Civil Parish: | Marton cum Grafton |
Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Unitary England: | North Yorkshire |
Lieutenancy England: | North Yorkshire |
Post Town: | YORK |
Postcode District: | YO51 |
Postcode Area: | YO |
Os Grid Reference: | SE416633 |
Grafton is a village in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 15miles north-west of the city of York and 6miles north-east of the market town of Knaresborough. The village is joined with Marton and forms the civil parish of Marton cum Grafton.
Grafton was first mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086. The toponym is from the Old English grāf and tūn, meaning "farmstead in the wood".[1]
. Albert Hugh Smith. The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire. 5. Cambridge University Press. 1961. 88.