Official Name: | Grafton |
Static Image Name: | Bench, post box and notice board in Grafton - geograph.org.uk - 1566064.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | The centre of Grafton |
Coordinates: | 51.704°N -1.613°W |
Os Grid Reference: | SP2600 |
Label Position: | top |
Civil Parish: | Grafton and Radcot |
Shire District: | West Oxfordshire |
Shire County: | Oxfordshire |
Region: | South East England |
Country: | England |
Constituency Westminster: | Witney |
Post Town: | Bampton |
Postcode District: | OX18 |
Postcode Area: | OX |
Dial Code: | 01993 |
Grafton is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Grafton and Radcot, in the West Oxfordshire district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is in the Thames Valley, about north of Faringdon. Grafton Lock is on the River Thames about south of the hamlet. In 1931 the parish had a population of 54.[1]
Grafton was formerly a township in the parish of Langford,[2] in 1866 Grafton became a civil parish,[3] on 1 April 1932 the parish was abolished and merged with Radcot to form "Grafton & Radcot".[4]