Grafton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Grafton, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Burghshire

• Addlethorpe
• Aismunderby
• Aldfield
• Allerton [Mauleverer]
• Arkendale
• Askwith
• Azerley
• Barrowby [Grange]
• Beckwith [House]
• Besthaim
• Bestham
• Bewerley
• Bilton
• Birstwith

The Meaning of the Name

The name Grafton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a farmstead’.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Grafton.

Listed Buildings Near Grafton

Historic England records 10 listed buildings within about a mile of Grafton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Beck Farmhouse - 0.07 km
• Corner House - 0.22 km
• Majestic House - 0.24 km
• Prospect Farmhouse - 0.44 km
• Punch Bowl Inn - 0.56 km
• Peach Tree Farmhouse - 0.63 km
• Dew House - 0.65 km
• Front Garden Wall of Dew Farmhouse - 0.66 km
• Orchard Cottage - 0.68 km
• Christ Church - 0.77 km

Grafton Today

Today Grafton lies within the administrative area of Marton cum Grafton.

Read more about modern Grafton on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:

• Marton - 1.0 km S
• Lower and Upper Dunsforth - 3.0 km E
• Branton Green - 3.2 km E
• Minskip - 3.2 km W
• Aldborough - 3.2 km N
• Great Ouseburn - 3.6 km SE