Grafham

Other current and historical names

Graffham

Parish/Community: Grafham
District/Borough: Huntingdonshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°18'37"N 0°17'53"W
Eastings/Northings: 516116, 269385
OS Grid: TL161693
Mapcode Local: GBR H1L.3FX
Mapcode Global: VHGM0.S668

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Grafham within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Grafham in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Graffham.-- par. and ry. sta. (Grafham), in co. and 6 miles SW. of Huntingdon, 2380 ac., pop. 334.

Grafham in the Domesday Book

A village in Leightonstone hundred, in the county of Huntingdonshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £4 10/- in 1086
- Households: 17 villagers; 7 freemen
- Plough Teams: 6 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 1 league
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eustace the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Oidelard the larderer (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: ³⁄₄ lord's plough ( ³⁄₄ plough land)

British Place Names

Grafham, Cambridgeshire

Grafham is a village in Cambridgeshire

Grafham in historic gazetteers

Grafham in the Domesday Book