Grafton

Other current and historical names

Shirley

Parish/Community: Marton cum Grafton
District/Borough: Harrogate
County: North Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 54°3'52"N 1°21'55"W
Eastings/Northings: 441627, 463366
OS Grid: SE416633
Mapcode Local: GBR LPXF.5Q
Mapcode Global: WHD9G.031B

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

Grafton in historic gazetteers

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

Grafton, hamlet, Marton par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 3 miles SE. of Boroughbridge; P.O. See MARTON WITH GRAFTON.

Grafton in the Domesday Book

A village in Burghshire hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Orm; Suneman
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop of York St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of York
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Canons of York (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorbiorn
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Thorbiorn
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Thorbiorn
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066
4th 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: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066

British Place Names

Grafton, North Yorkshire

Grafton is a hamlet in North Yorkshire

Grafton in historic gazetteers

Grafton in the Domesday Book