| Country: | England |
| Official Name: | Graveley |
| Static Image Name: | File:St. Mary - the parish church of Graveley - geograph.org.uk - 1317085.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | St Mary's Church, Graveley |
| Coordinates: | 51.9356°N -0.2105°W |
| Civil Parish: | Graveley |
| Population: | 487 |
| Population Ref: | (2011 census)[1] |
| Shire District: | North Hertfordshire |
| Shire County: | Hertfordshire |
| Region: | East of England |
| Constituency Westminster: | Hitchin and Harpenden |
| Post Town: | Hitchin |
| Postcode District: | SG4 |
| Postcode Area: | SG |
| Dial Code: | 01438 |
| Os Grid Reference: | TL232278 |
Graveley is a village and civil parish about four miles east of Hitchin and two miles north of Stevenage in Hertfordshire, England. The population of the parish in the 2011 census was 487.[1] [2] A milestone in the village states that it is 33 miles from London.[3]
Graveley is mentioned in the Domesday Book. It was granted by William the Conqueror to Goisbert of Beauvais. The village is built on a Roman road, which developed into a section of the Great North Road.[4] The village was by-passed by the A1 (M) motorway in the 1960s.
The parish absorbed the site of a lost settlement, Chesfield (or Chivesfield), about a mile to the east of Graveley; little remains there apart from the ruined walls of its 14th-century church, a farm and a couple of cottages.[4] Graveley and Chesfield had been separate parishes but were united in 1445.[5]
In 1953 the southern part of Graveley parish, including Corey's Mill and the future site of the Lister Hospital, was transferred to become part of Stevenage Urban District.[6]
In 2011 Graveley parish ceded some of its territory to become the new civil parish of Great Ashby.[7]
The medieval church is of flint construction.There are a number of attractive cottages and houses, including The George and Dragon pub, which has an 18th-century facade,[8] and The Wagon & Horses.[9] At one time there were four pubs, but two have now closed down.